The phone company charges a flat rate of $2.50 plus and additional $0.50 each minute for a long-distance phone call.

Write an equation to represent the total cost of making a long-distance phone call.

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The phone company charges a flat rate of $2.50 plus and additional $0.50 each minute for a long-distance phone call.

Write an equation to represent the total cost of making a long-distance phone call.

anonymous · Answer

Please help me someone I am a lil confused I came up with a expression, Can someone show me how to turn the expression into an equation?Please and ty!

mertsj · Answer

You pay the 2.50 if you talk 10 seconds or 10 minutes so we will start with that.  
Then for each minute you pay .50 .  If you talk for m minutes you will pay .50m
So the total is 2.50+.50m

anonymous · Answer

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