Patty’s pet company charges $0.55 per pound to ship pet supplies
Part A write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of pet supplies use your equation to determine the cost of shipping 2 pounds of pet supplies
The equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of pet supplies can be written as:
c = 0.55p
To determine the cost of shipping 2 pounds of pet supplies, we substitute p = 2 into the equation:
c = 0.55(2)
c = 1.1
So, the cost of shipping 2 pounds of pet supplies is $1.10.