Question

An online company charges a shipment fee of $4.99 per order and an item fee of 0.65 per pound to ship furniture. Write a numerical expression that can be used to fund the cost to ship a piece of furniture that weighs 8 pounds

Answer 1

y=4.99 + 0.65x 
If it's 8 pounds, just plug that into the x slot.
y= 4.99 + 0.65(8)
y=4.99 + 5.20 
y= 10.19 
$10.19 for an 8-pound piece of furniture.