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Rocky pays a flat rate of $5 per month plus $0.10 per minute for

his long-distance phone plan. He wants his total monthly bill to be
less than $20.


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User Spaudanjo
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For his total monthly bill to be under a twenty dollars he could make a 149 calls
20-5=15
15/.10=150
150-1=149
15-.10=14.9
14.9+5=19.9
So the maximum number of calls he can make is 149 a month
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