Many package delivery services charge a base price for packages up to some weight and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). Yaster Shipping, a competing package delivery service, charges a base price for overnight delivery of packages weighing 1 pounds or less and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). You are billed $27.14 for shipping a 5.5 pound package and $61.07 for shipping a 18.8 pound package. How much does it cost to ship a 58 pound package?

Many package delivery services charge a base price for packages up to some weight and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). Yaster Shipping, a competing package delivery service, charges a base price for overnight delivery of packages weighing 1 pounds or less and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). You are billed $27.14 for shipping a 5.5 pound package and $61.07 for shipping a 18.8 pound package. How much does it cost to ship a 58 pound package?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter9: Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 69RE

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