Question

A shipping company charges a $5 flat fee for a package, plus a fee based on the weight of the package. The company charges $1.50 per pound, plus an additional $0.50 for every pound over 5 pounds.

Jakob plans on sending a package that is over 5 pounds. He has $30 to spend on shipping. What is the maximum number of pounds that his package could be?

Answer 1

I believe the maximum number of pounds would be 11.

Answer 2

The maximum number of pounds that his package is 12.5 pounds.

Linear system

In this, the power of x and y is 1.

Transportation

An action of transporting something of being transported.

Given

$5 flat fee for a package.

The company charges $1.50 per pound

Plus an additional $0.50 for every pound over 5 pounds.

To find

What is the maximum number of pounds that his package could be?

How to calculate?

y = mx + c

Here, m is company charges $1.50 and $0.5 per pound over 5 pounds.

y stands for spend money and x stands for the weight transported.

y = 2x + 5

As he spends $30. then

$\begin{aligned} \rm y &= 2x + 5 \\30 &= 2x+5\\30 - 5 &= 2x\\25 &= 2x\\x &= 12.5\\\end{aligned}$

Thus,  the maximum number of pounds that his package is 12.5 pounds.

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