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Checking account A charges a monthly service fee of $2 and a per-check fee

of $0.30, while checking account B charges a monthly service fee of $3 and a
per-check fee of $0.20. How many checks would a person have to write for
the two accounts to cost the same?

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Answer: 10

Explanation: 0.3(10)=3 , 0.2(10)=2

3+2=5, 2+3=5

So, in all it took 10 checks for the accounts to cost the same.

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