Problema Solution

Amy purchased a prepaid phone card for $30. Long distance calls cost 12

cents a minute using this card. Amy used her card only once to make a long distance call. If the remaining credit on her card is $26.64, how many minutes did her call last?

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let 'x' represent the number of minutes of the call


30 - 0.12x = 26.64


by solving we find:


x = 28 min


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Amy's call lasted 28 minutes.