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PLEASE ANSWER ASAP AND SHOW WORK!! A long distance phone company charges $0.027 per minute and a $2 monthly fee. Another long distance phone company charges $0.035 per minute with no monthly fee. Find the number of minutes for which the charges for both companies would be the same.

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0.027x+2=0.035y

250 minutes.

Work:
0.027 x 250 + 2.00 = 8.75 0.035 x 250 = 8.75

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