Question

frans furniture company charges $0.75 per pound to ship furniture. Write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of furniture. Use your equation to determine the cost of shipping a 223 pound dresser. If the company reduces the cost to ship furniture by 0.10 per pound, write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of furniture with the reduced cost.

Answer 1

The first equation is, 0.75 p=c. 0.75 (223) = 167.25. The equation with the reduced cost is 0.65 p=c.