Homework Help: Math

Posted by Betsy on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 12:58am.

A phone call costs $0.58 for the first 3 minutes and $0.15 for each additional minute. If the total charge for the call was $4.78, how many minutes was the call?

Math - Steve, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:07am
4.78 = .58 + .15(m-3)
m = 31

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