Problema Solution

For his long distance phone service, Miguel pays a

$

5

monthly fee plus

9

cents per minute. Last month, Miguel's long distance bill was

$

12.02

. For how many minutes was Miguel billed?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let 'x' represent the number of minutes that Miguel was billed.

5 + 0.09x = 12.02

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x = 78 min

Miguel was billed for 78 minutes.