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Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $23 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.15 for each minute of calls. The second plan has no monthly fee but charges $0.19 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

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Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $23 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.15 for each minute of calls. The second plan has no monthly fee but charges $0.19 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

23+0.15x=0.19x.

23 =0.19x-0.15x.

0.04x=23.

x=23/0.04

=575.

For 575 calls the costs of the two plans be equal.