Question

Fleet charges $8 plus $.90 per pound to ship each package. If the change for shipping a package to Colorado was $19.70 how much did the package weigh

Answer 1

8+.9x=19.70
-8 -8
.9x=11.7
————
.9
X=13
The package weighed 13 pounds

Answer 2

The package weighed 13 pounds