Solve the problem.
-A promotional deal for long distance phone service charges a $15 basic fee plus $0.05 per minute for all calls. If Joeʹs phone bill was $63 under this promotional deal, how many minutes of phone
Calls did he make? Round to the nearest integer, if necessary.

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Let's say Joe made x number of minutes of phone calls.
According to the given information, his bill was $15 basic fee plus $0.05 per minute, which can be expressed as:
total bill = $15 + $0.05x

We also know that his total bill was $63, so we can set up the equation:
$15 + $0.05x = $63

Solving for x, we get:
$0.05x = $48
x = 960 minutes

Therefore, Joe made 960 minutes of phone calls.

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