Question

A quilt cost $84.99 and weighs 5.56 pounds.The shipping charge is 1.20 per pound. To the nearest cent,what would be the shipping charge on the quilt?

Answer 1

we get that the shipping charge is $6.67

`5.56\cdot1.2=6.672\approx6.67`

we get that shipping charge is the multiplication of the weight by the rate of money per pound. So the shipping charge is

`5.56\cdot1.2=6.67`