Question

Suppose the postal service charges $10.30 per pound on the package shipped to England what is this rate in dollars per ounce

Answer 1

Given:

The postal service charges $10.30 per pound on the package shipped to England.

To find:

The rate in dollars per ounce.

Solution:

We know that,

1 pound = 16 ounce

1 Dollar per pound = $\dfrac{1}{16}$ dollar per ounce.

1 Dollar per pound = 0.0625  dollar per ounce.

We have, the postal service charges $10.30 per pound on the package shipped to England.

Using the above conversion, we get

$10.30 Dollar per pound = $10.30\times 0.0625$ dollar per ounce

$10.30 Dollar per pound = $0.64375$ dollar per ounce

Therefore, the required rate is $0.64375  per ounce.