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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? A. 20 B. 10 C. 0 D. 31

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$10 is the answer for apex, that dudes explanation is probably right i just know the answer from trial and error on apex smh

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The answer would be 10 checks
1.) set the equations equal to each other: 2x+.30=3x+.20
2.) subtract .20 : 2x +.10=3x
3.) subtract 2x: .10= 1x
4.) divide by .10 and you get 10

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