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A phone company charges $25 per month, plus an installation fee of $50. If you have paid the phone company $375, how many months have you had the phone?

A phone company charges $25 per month, plus an installation fee of $50. If you have paid the phone company $375, how many months have you had the phone?
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A phone company charges $25 per month, plus an installation fee of $50. If you have paid the phone company $375, how many months have you had the phone?

User Mukul Kumar Jha
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Set up a formula. 50+25x=375. Step 1: Subtract 50. 25x=325 Step 2: divide 325 by 50. The answer is 13 months.
User Kivul
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The installation fee is a one time thing so you do 375-50. and then you do 325/25 to get 13 so the answer is 13 months
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