One phone company charges a fee of $1 and $.50 a minute. Another company charges a connection fee of $5 but only charges $.25 a minute

How long is a phone call that costs the same with both companies? How much does it cost?

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To find out how long a phone call costs the same with both companies, we need to set up an equation. Let's say the duration of the call is represented by "x" minutes.

For the first company, the cost would be the connection fee of $1, plus $0.50 per minute, which can be represented as:
Cost = $1 + $0.50x

For the second company, the cost would be the connection fee of $5, plus $0.25 per minute, which can be represented as:
Cost = $5 + $0.25x

Since we want to find when the costs are equal, we can set up the following equation:
$1 + $0.50x = $5 + $0.25x

We can solve this equation to find the value of x. First, let's subtract $0.25x from both sides of the equation:
$0.50x - $0.25x = $5 - $1

This simplifies to:
$0.25x = $4

Now, divide both sides of the equation by $0.25:
x = $4 / $0.25

x = 16

Therefore, a phone call of 16 minutes would cost the same with both companies. To calculate the cost, substitute x = 16 into either of the cost equations.

For the first company:
Cost = $1 + $0.50 * 16
= $1 + $8
= $9

For the second company:
Cost = $5 + $0.25 * 16
= $5 + $4
= $9

Therefore, a 16-minute phone call would cost $9 with both companies.

0.5x +1 = .25x + 5

0.25x = 4

x = 16