United Telephone charges a base rate of $9.00 for service, plus an additional charge of $0.25 per minute. Atlantic Call charges a base rate of $12.00 for service, plus an additional charge of $0.20 per minute. For what number of minutes would the bills for each telephone company be the same? Answers: A) 2 minutes B) 10 minutes C) 20 minutes D) 40 minutes E) 60 minutes

Rationale: lets take number of minutesx . given that , 9 + 0.25 x = 12 + 0.2 x - > 0.05 x = 2 - > x = 60 minutes ans e
Answer: E