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Telephone company A charges $ 3.00 for the first minute of a
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Telephone company A charges $ 3.00 for the first minute of any long distance call and $ 0.50 for each additional minute. Telephone company B charges $ 2.00 for the first minute of any long distance call and $ 0.70 for each additional minute. If the cost of a call lasting x minutes, where x is a positive integer, is $ 15.00 more with telephone company B than with telephone company A, then what is the value of x?
A. 56
B. 60
C. 77
D. 80
E. 81
A. 56
B. 60
C. 77
D. 80
E. 81
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The cost of a call lasting x minutes charged by company A: 3 + 0.50 (x-1)
The cost of a call lasting x minutes charged by company B: 2 + 0.70 (x-1)
"The cost of a call lasting x minutes is $ 15.00 more with telephone company B than with telephone company A" means that we can write:
2 + 0.70 (x-1) - [3 + 0.50 (x-1)] = 15
2 + 0.70x - 0.70 - 3 - 0.50x + 0.50 = 15
0.20x = 16.20
x = 81
Answer choice E.
The cost of a call lasting x minutes charged by company B: 2 + 0.70 (x-1)
"The cost of a call lasting x minutes is $ 15.00 more with telephone company B than with telephone company A" means that we can write:
2 + 0.70 (x-1) - [3 + 0.50 (x-1)] = 15
2 + 0.70x - 0.70 - 3 - 0.50x + 0.50 = 15
0.20x = 16.20
x = 81
Answer choice E.
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