Question

A shipping company charged $15 to ship a package and 5% to insure the package.What was the total cost to ship this particular item?

Answer 1

$15.75

First we need to calculate how much the company charges in insurance. 5% is the same as 0.05, so we multiply $15 by 0.05 to find the 5% of the package cost it takes to insure the package. This gets us $0.75. We then have to add this new insurance price of $0.75 to the initial shipping cost of $15 to get the total cost to ship this item. This gets us a total of $15.75.

$15 x 0.05 = $0.75
$15 + $0.75 = $15.75

Answer 2

5% of 15 is 0.75 i think

Explanation:

15/5% is 0.75