Question

a phone call costs $.75 for the first 2 minutes and $.25 for each additional minute. if the total charge for the call was $10.25, how many minutes total was the phone call

Answer 1

39 minutes

0.25x+0.75

0.25(37)+0.75

$10

37mins + 2mins

39mins

Answer 2

42 minutes

(10.25-7.5)/0.25=42