United Express, a national package delivery service, charges a base price for overnight delivery of packages weighing 1 pound or less and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). A customer is billed $21.40 for shipping a 7-pound package and $62.65 for a 32-pound package. Find the base price and the surcharge for each additional pound. The base price is $1.67

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United Express, a national package delivery service, charges a base price for overnight delivery of packages weighing 1 pound or less and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). A customer is billed $21.40 for shipping a 7-pound package and $62.65 for a 32-pound package. Find the base price
and the surcharge for each additional pound.
The base price is $1.67
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Transcribed Image Text:United Express, a national package delivery service, charges a base price for overnight delivery of packages weighing 1 pound or less and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). A customer is billed $21.40 for shipping a 7-pound package and $62.65 for a 32-pound package. Find the base price and the surcharge for each additional pound. The base price is $1.67 C
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