Question

The cost of sending an overnight package from Kansas City to Miami is $23.50 for a package weighing up to but not

including 1 pound, and $3.80 for each additional pound or portion of a pound. A model for the total cost C in dollars) of
sending the package is C = 23.50 + 3.80Lx), x > 0, where x is the weight (in pounds).
What is the meaning of the coefficient 3.80 in the context of the problem?
O When the package weighs less than one pound, the price of the package is $3.80.
O For every pound that the package weight increases, the price of sending it increases by $3.80.
O For every pound that the package weight increases, the price of sending it increases by $23.50.
When the package weighs less than one pound, the price of the package is $23.50.

Answer 1

For every pound that the package weight increases, the price of sending it increases by $3.80

Explanation:

Overnight from KC to Miami = $23.50 for anything less than a pound + $3.80 per additional pound.

This means that for every pound that the package weight increases, the price of sending it increases by $3.80.