Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a
$29
monthly fee and charges an additional
$0.12
for each minute of calls. The second plan has a
$24
monthly fee and charges an additional
$0.17
for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

Question

Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a 
$29
 monthly fee and charges an additional 
$0.12
 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a 
$24
 monthly fee and charges an additional 
$0.17
 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?

ssddss02 · Answer

What do you think?

anonymous · Answer

i have no idea how to even do it i am the worst at word problems

ssddss02 · Answer

Ok how many minutes of calls would it take for both to be the same price

ssddss02 · Answer

so what you would do is add$0.17 plus itself until it equals $5.12 so it would be equal with the first plan.