Question

A mail courier charges a base fee of $6.95 plus $7.60 per package being delivered. If x represents the number of packages delivered, which of the following equations could be used to find y, the total cost of mailing packages?

Answer 1

Since 7.6 is the cost per package, and x represents the number of packages, the expression 7.6x would represent the cost for the packages. Once we add the base fee, we get the equation:

y = 7.6x + 6.95

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