For his distance phone service, tom pays a $5 monthly fee plus 9 cents per minute. last month, tom's long distance bill was $11.48. for how many minutes was tom bilked?

I'll do the first one for you. it isn't very hard at all.on number one, you have (50 × 3), which equals 150, and (3 × 3), which equals 9. after you establish that, you add 150 and 9 together. so, (150 + 9) equals 159.this means that 53 × 3 = 159.