#Please guys i need your help for this question#

Question

Sample charges: 
Greeting telegram on a special code;50 cents 
Ordinary telegram costs shs 3 for 10 words and each extra word at 30 cents.

Find the cost of the following telegram. 
CHARLES MUSHI BOX 123 MUSHI WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS PETER JOHN

Anonymous today at 12:14am
what, you can't count words?

kelvin today at 12:38am
i have counted the words i got 12 words the problem is how to work out over this question to get the total cost

Writeacher · Answer

I think you need to clean up and re-type the directions.

These don't make sense to me:
Greeting telegram on a special code;50 cents
Ordinary telegram costs shs 3 for 10 words and each extra word at 30 cents.

What does "on a special code;50 cents" mean?
What does "shs 3 for 10 words" mean?

Clean it up and re-post, and a math tutor may be able to help you.

Jakie · Answer

I think they mean prices @Writeacher

Writeacher · Answer

Jakie, that could be. However, the person posting the original question needs to make everything crystal clear so the math tutors understand it without having to guess.