#Please guys i need your help for this question#
Sample charges:
Greeting telegram on a special code;50 cents
Ordinary telegram costs shs 3 for 10 words and each extra word at 30 cents.
Find the cost of the following telegram.
CHARLES MUSHI BOX 123 MUSHI WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS PETER JOHN
Anonymous today at 12:14am
what, you can't count words?
kelvin today at 12:38am
i have counted the words i got 12 words the problem is how to work out over this question to get the total cost
I think you need to clean up and re-type the directions.
These don't make sense to me:
Greeting telegram on a special code;50 cents
Ordinary telegram costs shs 3 for 10 words and each extra word at 30 cents.
What does "on a special code;50 cents" mean?
What does "shs 3 for 10 words" mean?
Clean it up and re-post, and a math tutor may be able to help you.
I think they mean prices @Writeacher
Jakie, that could be. However, the person posting the original question needs to make everything crystal clear so the math tutors understand it without having to guess.
To find the total cost of the telegram, you will need to determine the number of words and use the given pricing information.
Given:
- Greeting telegram on a special code: 50 cents
- Ordinary telegram: costs 3 shillings for 10 words
- Each extra word costs 30 cents
First, let's count the number of words in the telegram message. In this case, the message is:
CHARLES MUSHI BOX 123 MUSHI WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS PETER JOHN
By counting the spaces between the words, we can see that there are 12 words in the message.
Next, we need to calculate the cost. Since we have fewer than 10 words, we don't need to worry about any extra word charges. For the first 10 words, the cost is 3 shillings.
Therefore, the cost for the first 10 words is 3 shillings.
Finally, we need to account for the remaining 2 words (12 - 10 = 2). Each extra word costs 30 cents, so for 2 extra words, the cost will be:
2 extra words * 30 cents = 60 cents
The total cost of the telegram is the sum of the cost for the first 10 words and the cost for the extra words:
3 shillings + 60 cents = 3 shillings and 60 cents
So, the total cost of the telegram is 3 shillings and 60 cents.