You need to choose a shipping company. Ship fast charges $2.00 per package plus $1.00 per pound. Speedy Delivery charges $3.00 per package plus $0.50 per pound. For what package weight do both companies charge the same price? What is the equation for Fast Ship? And for Speedy delivery? Solve using equations.

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Fiona Manning

25 May, 06:49

You need to choose a shipping company. Ship fast charges $2.00 per package plus $1.00 per pound. Speedy Delivery charges $3.00 per package plus $0.50 per pound. For what package weight do both companies charge the same price? What is the equation for Fast Ship? And for Speedy delivery? Solve using equations.

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Jamal · Answer 1

Ship fast equation for n packages:

2n + (1) x

where x the weight of the packages

Speedy delivery equation for the number of packages:

3n + (0.50) x

The same price happened when:

2n + (1) x = 3n + (0.50) x

x - 0.5x=3n - 2n

x = n/0.5

x = 2n

when the package weight is 2 pounds