A store offers packing and mailing services to customers. The cost of shipping is a combination of a flat packing fee of $2 and $1.25 per pound based on the weight of the box. Fill in the blanks to the equation that represents the shipping cost as a function of weight in pounds, x.

Question

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Answer 1

The shipping cost can be represented by the equation:

\[ C(x) = 2 + 1.25x \]

Where:

• \( C(x) \) is the total shipping cost,
• \( 2 \) is the flat packing fee, and
• \( 1.25x \) represents the variable cost that depends on the weight of the box, with \( x \) being the weight in pounds.

So you can fill in the blanks as follows:

C(x) = 2 + 1.25x