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Jane calls her friend long distance. The first minutes of her calls costs $1.23 and each additional minute costs $0.89. The total cost of the calls is $15.47 for how many minutes did Jane and Frank talk. If x represents the total number of minutes talked. What equation can be used to solve the problem .
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Jane calls her friend long distance. The first minutes of her calls costs $1.23 and each additional minute costs $0.89. The total cost of the calls is $15.47 for how many minutes did Jane and Frank talk. If x represents the total number of minutes talked. What equation can be used to solve the problem .



You didn't state for how many minutes her calls cost $1.23.

If it were 3 minutes then the equation would be 3*1.23 + x*0.89 = 15.47
If it was only one minute it would be 1*1.23 +x*0.89 = 15.47

In general if it were n minutes the equation would be n*1.23 + x*0.89 = 15.47
 Mar 8, 2014

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