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For his long distance phone service, Keith pays a $3 monthly fee plus 11 cents per minute. Last month, Keith's long distance bill was $16.42. For how many minutes was Keith billed?

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We have the following:

With the statement we get the following equation:


t=3+0.11x

where x is the number of minutes and t is the total value of the long distance phone service


\begin{gathered} 16.42=3+0.11x \\ 0.11x=16.42-3 \\ x=(13.42)/(0.11) \\ x=122 \end{gathered}

Which means you spent a total of 122 minutes

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