Question

The US postal charges $.34 for the 1st ounce and $.23 for each additional ounce. use inequality to find the maximum number of whole ounces that can be mailed for $8.27

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanations:

The charges for the first ounce = $0.34

Charges for each additional ounce = $0.23

Let the number of additional ounces be n

The maximum total charges = $8.27

The inequality that represents the given illustration is:

0.34 + 0.23n ≤ 8.27

0.23n ≤ 8.27 - 0.34

0.23n ≤ 7.93

n ≤ 7.93 / 0.23

n ≤ 34.48

Maximum number of whole ounces = Number of additional ouces + Initial ounce

Maximum number of whole ounces = 34.48 + 1

Maximum number of whole ou