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You are choosing between two long-distance telephone plans. Plan A has a monthly fee of $20.00 with a charge of $0.05 per minute for all long-distance calls. Plan B has a monthly fee of $10.00 with a charge of $0.10 per minute for all long-distance calls. Complete parts a and b.

a. For how many minute of long-distance calls will the costs for the two plans be the same ?
__ minutes

What will be the cost for each plan ?
$ __

b. If you make approximately 15 long-distance calls per month, each averaging 30 minutes, which plan should you select ?
Plan __

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Let us assume that the minutes be "x" per month
Thus, the equation for
Plan A = 0.05x + 20
Plan B = 0.10x + 10
a) Now , we have to calculate the minutes for which the two planes are equal-
0.05x + 20 = 0.10x + 10
=> 0.05x ...

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