Question

An online company charges a shipment fee of $4.99 per order an item fee of $0.65 per pound to ship furniture.Part A: write a numerical expression that can be used to find the total cost to ship a piece of furniture that weighs 8 pounds.

Answer 1

Y=0.65x+4.99
Where y equals the amount spent per shipment and x is the weight of the furniture per pound
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Answer 2

As per the problem

company charges a shipment fee of 4.99 dollar per order.

company charges an item fee of 0.65 dollar per pound to ship furniture.

A.

The numerical expression that can be used to find the total cost(C) to ship a piece of furniture that weighs x pounds can be set up as below

`C(x)=4.99+0.65x`

Hence numerical expression that can be used to find the total cost(C) to ship a piece of furniture that weighs 8 pounds can be found as below, by substituting the value x .

`C(x)=4.99+0.65*8`