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These are the fees for sending a package by Media Mail: 2.41 for the first pound, 0.41 per additional pound for the next six pounds 0.39 per additional pound after that. For example, a two-pound package costs 2.82 to send by Media Mail. If a package full of books costs 7.99, to send by Media Mail, how many pounds does the package weigh?

 May 16, 2015

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These are the fees for sending a package by Media Mail: 2.41 for the first pound, 0.41 per additional pound for the next six pounds 0.39 per additional pound after that. For example, a two-pound package costs 2.82 to send by Media Mail. If a package full of books costs 7.99, to send by Media Mail, how many pounds does the package weigh?

 

We can use this equation to solve.....let  w be the weight of the package.....

 

2.41(1)  + .41(6) + .39(w - 7) = 7.99     simplify

 

2.41  + 2.46  + .39w - 2.73  = 7.99

 

.39w  + 2.14 =  7.99       subtract 2.14 from both sides

 

.39w  =  5.85     divide both sides by .39

 

w =  15  (pounds)

 

 

 May 16, 2015
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These are the fees for sending a package by Media Mail: 2.41 for the first pound, 0.41 per additional pound for the next six pounds 0.39 per additional pound after that. For example, a two-pound package costs 2.82 to send by Media Mail. If a package full of books costs 7.99, to send by Media Mail, how many pounds does the package weigh?

 

We can use this equation to solve.....let  w be the weight of the package.....

 

2.41(1)  + .41(6) + .39(w - 7) = 7.99     simplify

 

2.41  + 2.46  + .39w - 2.73  = 7.99

 

.39w  + 2.14 =  7.99       subtract 2.14 from both sides

 

.39w  =  5.85     divide both sides by .39

 

w =  15  (pounds)

 

 

CPhill May 16, 2015

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