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Charu's phone company charges 35 cents each minute of use during peak hours and 15 cents each minute of use during non-peak hours. If Charu's phone company charged her $7.90 for a half hour phone call, what is the greatest number of minutes charged at peak hour rates?

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7
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13
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15
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17
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21
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Solution

The correct option is D 17
Let the number of Minutes of peak hours be x
and remaining non-minutes minutes be y

So, x+y=300.35x+0.15y=7.90

Solving above two equations we get
x=17,y=13

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