Alesia I.

asked • 02/18/21

what is the meaning of 0.50?

A company ships packages through the postal service.  One week, the cost of shipping one package was $6.70, and the company also purchased  number of stamps.  This can be modeled by the expression .  According to the model.



  1. number of packages shipped
  2. number of stamps purchased
  3. cost of shipping one package
  4. cost of one stamp


Yuri O.

the modeling expression did not come through
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As for .5; it = 50/100 or 5/10 or 1/2.


What do you want to know about the $6.7?

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Alesia I.

A company ships packages through the postal service. One week, the cost of shipping one package was $6.70, and the company also purchased x number of stamps. This can be modeled by the expression 6.70+0.50x. According to the model, what is the meaning of 0.50?
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02/19/21

Alesia I.

is it number of packages shipped or number of stamps purchased or cost of shipping one package or cost of one stamp ?
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02/19/21

Sam Z.

One week, the cost of shipping one package was $6.70, ............ Is the cost of spare stamps included? I don't know......... Need a better explanation. How about insurance or rush delivery?
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02/19/21

Alesia I.

ok so here's the problem company ships packages through the postal service. One week, the cost of shipping one package was $6.70, and the company also purchased x number of stamps. This can be modeled by the expression 6.70+0.50x. According to the model, what is the meaning of 0.50? here is the possible answers which one of these represent what 0.5 is in this problem? number of packages shipped number of stamps purchased cost of shipping one package cost of one stamp
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Sam Z.

x=#stams. That .5 is out-dated.
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Alesia I.

ok but can u explain to me what it represents is it number of packages shipped, number of stamps purchased, cost of shipping one package, or cost of one stamp out of those 4 options which one is correct.
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