For his long distance phone service, Tony pays an $8 monthly fee plus 6 cents per minute. Last month, Tony's long distance bill was $17.24. For how many minutes was Tony billed?

Answer:tony was billed for 154 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of minutes for which Tony was billed.

For his long distance phone service, Tony pays an $8 monthly fee plus 6 cents per minute. Converting 6 cents to dollars, it becomes 6/100 = $0.06

This means that if he made x minutes of long distance call in a month, the total cost would be

8 + 0.06x

Last month, Tony's long distance bill was $17.24. It means that

8 + 0.06x = 17.24

0.06x = 17.24 - 8 = 9.24

x = 9.24/0.06

x = 154