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156 minutes

Explanation:

So we need to create an equation to represent how Frank's phone company bills him

  • I will denote "y" as the total for his bill
  • I will denote "x" as the number of minutes Frank uses

So the phone company charges an $8 monthly fee, so this value remains constant and will be our "y-intercept"

They then charge $0.06 for every minute he talks, this will be our "slope"

Combining everything into an equation, we have: y = 0.06x + 8

Now since we were given Franks phone bill total and want to figure out how many minutes he used, we just need to solve the equation for x and plug in our known y value

  • y = 0.06x + 8 → y - 8 = 0.06x →
    x=(y-8)/(0.06)
  • Then plugging in our y value we get
    x=(17.36-8)/(0.06)=(9.36)/(0.06)= 156

Frank used up a total of 156 minutes

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