if the cost to mail a package is an initial $5 and $0.28 for every pound the total cost to mail a package was $11.27, how much did the package weigh?

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Maliyah Stein

Mathematics

16 May, 12:17

if the cost to mail a package is an initial $5 and $0.28 for every pound the total cost to mail a package was $11.27, how much did the package weigh?

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Amani Kelly · Answer 1

You'd start off with the equation 5 +.28x = 11.27, with x representing the weight per pound. First, subtract the 5 to get. 28x = 6.27, then divide the. 28 to get 22.39 pounds, rounded to the nearest hundredth.