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A cell phone company charges a monthly rate of $45 for unlimited text
and data and $0.40 per minute for phone calls. The bill for last month was
$61. How many minutes for phone calls were charged on this bill? *


7 minutes
35 minutes
235 minutes
40 minutes

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Answer:

40

Explanation:


45 + 0.4 * x = 61 \\ 0.4 * x = 61 - 45 \\ 0.4 * x = 16 \\ x = 16 / 0.4 \\ x = 40

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