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A cell phone plan costs ​$21.70 per month for 500 minutes of talk time. It costs an additional ​$0.06 per minute for each minute over 500 minutes. To get​ e-mail access, it costs ​30% of the price for 500 minutes of talk time. Your​ bill, which includes​ e-mail, is the same each month for 6 months. The total cost for all 6 months is ​$196.26. Write and solve an equation to find the number of minutes of talk time you use each month.

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You use 487 minutes of talk time each month.

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