You are shipping a care package to your sister in college. It costs $0.85 per pound plus a flat-fee of $12 to ship the package. Write and use an algebraic expression to find the total cost of shipping a 7 pound care package.

12 + (0.85 * 7) =

17.95 ok thank you

You're welcome.

To find the total cost of shipping a 7-pound care package, we can use the expression:

Total cost = (cost per pound * weight) + flat-fee

Given that the cost per pound is $0.85 and the flat-fee is $12, we can substitute these values into the expression:

Total cost = ($0.85 * 7) + $12

Simplifying the expression, we multiply the cost per pound by the weight:

Total cost = $5.95 + $12

Adding the two costs together, we get:

Total cost = $17.95

Therefore, the total cost of shipping a 7-pound care package would be $17.95.