For his long distance phone service, Miguel pays a $2 monthly fee plus 12 cents per minute.
Last month, Miguel's long distance bill was $24.92 . For how many minutes was Miguel billed?
To find out how many minutes Miguel was billed for, we can first subtract the monthly fee from the total bill and then divide the remaining amount by the per-minute rate.
Total Bill = Monthly Fee + (Per-Minute Rate x Minutes)
Let's denote the number of minutes Miguel was billed as "m".
$24.92 = $2 + (0.12 x m)
Now, we can isolate "m" on one side of the equation:
$22.92 = 0.12m
Dividing both sides of the equation by 0.12:
m = $22.92 / 0.12
m ≈ 191
Therefore, Miguel was billed for approximately 191 minutes.
To find out the number of minutes Miguel was billed for, we first need to determine the total amount charged for calls.
Let's assume Miguel was billed for "x" number of minutes.
According to the given information, Miguel pays a $2 monthly fee plus 12 cents per minute. This means the cost of the calls is $0.12 multiplied by the number of minutes (x).
So, the total amount charged for calls can be calculated as:
Total cost = 0.12x
Now, to find the total amount Miguel was billed for the month, we need to add the monthly fee ($2) to the total cost of calls (0.12x):
Total bill = Monthly fee + Total cost
Total bill = $2 + 0.12x
We are given that Miguel's long distance bill was $24.92. Therefore, we can set up the equation:
$24.92 = $2 + 0.12x
Now we can solve for x:
$24.92 - $2 = 0.12x
$22.92 = 0.12x
Dividing both sides of the equation by 0.12:
x = $22.92 / 0.12
x ≈ 191
Therefore, Miguel was billed for approximately 191 minutes.