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by jainrahul1985 » Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:39 am
A certain company charges $6 per package to ship packages weighing less than 2 pounds each. For a package weighing 2 pounds or more, the company charges an initial fee of $6 plus $2 per pound. If the company charged $38 to ship a certain package, which of the following was the weight of the package, in pounds?

(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 20
(E) 22

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by Gurpinder » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:05 am
jainrahul1985 wrote:A certain company charges $6 per package to ship packages weighing less than 2 pounds each. For a package weighing 2 pounds or more, the company charges an initial fee of $6 plus $2 per pound. If the company charged $38 to ship a certain package, which of the following was the weight of the package, in pounds?

(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 20
(E) 22

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oh heres an easy way. the total charge was $38.

$6 would be charged anyways because the weight is over 2 pounds.

so 38-6 and you are left with $32. this is the price charged for the over weight. The charge for overweight is $2/pound.

so just divide 32/2=16. and the answer is A.
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by muralithe1 » Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:31 pm
hey Rahul...I am confuSed here...


Shldn't the answer be 17...


(1st pound costed 6$=6$) and (rest 16 pounds costed each 2$=32)

1 + 16 = 17

6 $ + 32 $ = 38$
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by likithae » Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:10 am
Gurpinder wrote:
jainrahul1985 wrote:A certain company charges $6 per package to ship packages weighing less than 2 pounds each. For a package weighing 2 pounds or more, the company charges an initial fee of $6 plus $2 per pound. If the company charged $38 to ship a certain package, which of the following was the weight of the package, in pounds?

(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 20
(E) 22

OA A
oh heres an easy way. the total charge was $38.

$6 would be charged anyways because the weight is over 2 pounds.

so 38-6 and you are left with $32. this is the price charged for the over weight. The charge for overweight is $2/pound.

so just divide 32/2=16. and the answer is A.

hi........please give me little bit clarity.........i am totally confused......
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by selango » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:03 am
Package weighing less than 2 pound=6$

Package weighing 2 pound or more=6$+(2$ per pound) or 6+2n[n is number of pounds]

Total charge=38.

All answer options are more than 2 pounds.

This can be expressed as below equation,

6+2n=38[n is total pounds of the package]

-->2n=32

n=16

Pick A

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by selango » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:06 am
muralithe1 wrote:hey Rahul...I am confuSed here...


Shldn't the answer be 17...


(1st pound costed 6$=6$) and (rest 16 pounds costed each 2$=32)

1 + 16 = 17

6 $ + 32 $ = 38$
First pound does not cost 6$.

We need to initial fee of 6$ and additional 2$ per pound

Total cost =6+2n where n is total number of pounds.
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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:39 pm
jainrahul1985 wrote:A certain company charges $6 per package to ship packages weighing less than 2 pounds each. For a package weighing 2 pounds or more, the company charges an initial fee of $6 plus $2 per pound. If the company charged $38 to ship a certain package, which of the following was the weight of the package, in pounds?

(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 20
(E) 22
Letting n = the weight of the package, we can create the equation:

38 = 6 + 2n

32 = 2n

16 = n

Answer: A

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