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If the cost to mail a letter is 44 cents for mail weighing up to one ounce and 23 cents for each additional ounce or fraction of an​ ounce, find the cost of mailing a letter that weighs 89 grams.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
1 oz = 28.35 g, so 89 g ≈ 89/28.35 ≈ 3.14 oz → rounds up to 4 ounces (fractions count as a full ounce).

Cost = 44¢ + 3·23¢ = 44¢ + 69¢ = 113¢ = $1.13.