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 =
`(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* 0.0625` dollar per ounce

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

Therefore, the required rate is $0.64375 per ounce.