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If you receive 187 minutes of free calls, and are charged .50 per minute afterwards, what is your total spending? Give your answer correct to two decimal places.

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Final answer:

To calculate the total spending, subtract the free minutes from the total minutes used and multiply it by the cost per minute. Assuming a scenario where the total minutes used is 200, the total spending would be $6.50.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total spending, we need to calculate the number of minutes that will be charged after the free calls and multiply it by the cost per minute. The total spending can be calculated as:



Total Spending = (Number of minutes charged) * (Cost per minute)



Given that you receive 187 minutes of free calls, the number of minutes charged will be the difference between the total minutes used and the free minutes.



Number of minutes charged = Total minutes used - Free minutes = (Total minutes used) - 187



Since we don't have information about the total minutes used, we cannot calculate the exact total spending. However, if we assume a scenario where the total minutes used is 200, we can calculate the total spending as follows:



Total minutes used = Free minutes + Number of minutes charged = 187 + (200 - 187) = 200



Total Spending = (Number of minutes charged) * (Cost per minute) = (200 - 187) * 0.50 = 6.50



Therefore, if the total minutes used is 200, the total spending would be $6.50.

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