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A promotional deal for long distance phone service charges a $15 basic fee plus $0.05 per minute for all calls. If joes phone bill was $72 under this promotional deal, how many minutes of phone calls did he make?

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$72-$15=$57

$57/$0.05=1140 minutes
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