A long distance telephone company offer two plans . The deluxe plan cost $30 a month and offers unlimited long distance calling. The economy plan only costs $10 a month, but charges 5 cents per minute for every long- distance call. How many minutes a month can you use for long distance calls and still have money using the economy plan?

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Answer:

399 minutes a month

Step-by-step explanation:

As I understand the question the answer would, in other words, be how many minutes you can long-distance call with the economy plan for under $30.

The unit ratio is 5 cents per minute, which equates to 20 minutes worth of call time for one dollar (100/5).

The economy plan is $20 cheaper than the deluxe plan. $20 spent on long-distance calling gets you 400 mintues, but the question asks for an integer that would still leave remaining money.

Therefore the answer is 399 minutes of long-distance calling, which would leave five unspent cents.