Question

Patty's Pet Company charges $0.55 per pound to ship pet supplies.

Part A: Write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of pet supplies. Use your equation to determine the cost of shipping 2 pounds of pet supplies.
Part B: If the company reduces the cost to ship pet supplies by 0.05 per pound, write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of pet supplies with the reduced cost

Answer 1

can i get help plz

Answer 2

Can I get step by step help

Answer 3

@jim_thompson5910 can you help me

Answer 4

"Patty's Pet Company charges $0.55 per pound to ship pet supplies."

how much does it cost to ship exactly 1 pound of pet supplies?

Answer 5

.26

Answer 6

how are you getting that?

Answer 7

.55/2

Answer 8

"$0.55 per pound" means "$0.55 for each pound" or "$0.55 for one pound"

Answer 9

.55*2 =1.10

Answer 10

1 pound simply costs $0.55

you're overthinking

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

how about 7 pounds? how much does that cost?

Answer 13

3.85

Answer 14

and how did you get that?

Answer 15

.55*7

Answer 16

so in general, if we don't know the amount of pounds, we can just say it's p

so the general cost is 0.55*p

agreed?

Answer 17

yes

Answer 18

so that's why the cost equation is

c = 0.55*p

Answer 19

"Use your equation to determine the cost of shipping 2 pounds of pet supplies. "

now plug in p = 2 into that cost equation

Answer 20

c=.55*2 = 1.10

Answer 21

correct

Answer 22

Part B would be c = .50*2?

Answer 23

close

Answer 24

they say nothing about p being 2 though

Answer 25

c=.50*p

Answer 26

correct

Answer 27

Don't i need to work it out are just leave it as the equation ?

Answer 28

.50*1.10?

Answer 29

they just want c = 0.50p for part B

Answer 30

got it thanks

Answer 31

no problem