A local telephone company offers a long-distance telephone plan that charges $5.25 per month and $0.08 per minute of calling time. This expression 0.08t +5.25 represents the monthly long-distance bill for a customer who takes t minutes (min) of long-distance calls on this plan. Find the monthly bill for a customer who makes 173 min of long-distance calls on this plan.
t = 173 min
monthly bill = 0.08t +5.25 = 0.08 x 173 + 5.25 = 13.84 + 5.25 = $19.09