Question

Susan purchased a prepaid phone card for $15. Long distance calls cost 14 cents a minute using this card. Susan used her card only once to make a long distance call. If the remaining credit on her card is $9.26, how many minutes did her call last?

Answer 1

41 minutes

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

Susan purchased a prepaid phone card for $15

let the number of minutes be x

and let the total be y

per minute call cost = 14 cents = $0.14 per minute

Hence the expression for the situation is given as

y= 15-0.14x

Step two:

given that the balance after a call is 9.26

9.26=15-0.14x

solve for x

9.26-15= -0.14x

5.74=0.14x

divide both sides by 0.14

x=5.74/0.14

x=41 minutes