Question

Each month Jessie’s phone bill includes a $25 basic fee plus a charge of $.07 per minute
for the number of minutes of long-distance calls she makes. Which equation best describes
the total amount of Jessie’s monthly phone bill, t, in terms of m, the number of minutes of
long-distance calls she makes?

Answer 1

Your total = t

Answer 2

Basic = $25
Long Distance calls = .07(m)

Answer 3

Plug that in as a formula now

Answer 4

25 + .07(m) = t

Answer 5

For these types of questions you are finding, like it says, an equation for total cost.
We know that she pays 25$ no matter what.
"25$ basic fee"
We also know that she is charge .07$ for every minute

So if we wrote T = 25 + .07m
We are saying she will have to pay 25$ plus an additional .07$ for every minute(m) she talks