Question

The fee to check luggage with anew arline is based on the weightof each bag. Brett paid $7.14 tocheck a 42-pound bag. Howmuch will Eileen pay if her bagweighs 63 pounds?

Answer 1

$10.71

Explanation

Step 1

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three.

Let

x represents the money Eileen will pay if her bag weighs 63 pounds

the proportion is the same

then

$\frac{7.14}{42}=\frac{x}{63}$

Step 2

solve for x

$\begin{gathered} \frac{7.14}{42}=\frac{x}{63} \\ 63\cdot7.14=42x \\ x=\frac{63\cdot7.14}{42} \\ x=\frac{449.82}{42} \\ x=10.71 \\ \end{gathered}$

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