$\"\"$

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The Cell plus Cellular Phone store offers the plans shown in the table.

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Raul chose the business plan and has budgeted $\"\"$ per month.

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Write an equation.

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Let $\"\"$ is the number of minutes Raul uses the phone in a month.

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The monthly fee for the business plan is $\"\"$ and the cost per minute is $\"\"$ .

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The equation is $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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Find how many minutes per month he can use the phone and stay within budget.

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$\"\"$ (Original equation)

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$\"\"$ (Subtract $\"\"$ from each side)

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$\"\"$ (Apply additive inverse property: $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Divide each side by $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Cancel common terms)

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Raul could use the phone an additional $\"\"$ per month and stay within budget.

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The plan gives him $\"\"$ , so the total number of minutes is $\"\"$ or about $\"\"$ .

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Therefore, the total number of minutes is $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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The total number of minutes is $\"\"$ .