Question

Customers of a phone company can choose between two plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $17 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.08 for each minute of calls. The second plan has an $8 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.13 for each minute of calls. How many minutes of calls Will the costs of the two plans be equal?

Answer 1

180 minutes of calls

Explanation:

Let x represent the minutes of calls

The first plan's cost can be represented by 0.08x + 17

The second plan can be represented by 0.13x + 8

Set them equal to each other and solve for x:

0.08x + 17 = 0.13x + 8

17 = 0.05x + 8

9 = 0.05x

180 = x

So, it will take 180 minutes of calls for the plans to be equal.