Ben Malone

Period 3

POW 4 - Piecewise Pricing

Stage One:
Known Values - To ship a package that weighs less than 10 pounds, it costs $5.00 initially and then
$1.00 for each actual pound.
- To ship a package that weighs between 10 and 25 pounds, it costs $10.00 initially and
then $0.66 for each actual pound.
- To ship a package that weighs more than 25 pounds, it costs $20.00 initially and then
$0.30 for each actual pound.
Variable Quantities/Unknowns - Which is the most efficient of these in terms of price
Final Goal Create a graph that represents the shipping cost as a function of weight and write a function
rule.
Stage Two:
Steps - Draw a graph representative of the shipping cost as a function of weight
- Write a function rule that works for the shipping cost vs weight
Prediction - The graph will be a positive slope with the price increasing along with the weight.
- There will be 3 function rules for shipping cost, one for each initial fee.

Stage Three:
Made a
graph that
compared
the possible
price for
different
ranges in
weight

Less than 10 lbs:

10-25 lbs:

More than 25 lbs:

Made
functions of
weight
based on
the shipping
costs of the
different
weight
zones

x = weight

Stage Four:
Final Answer I think that a for packages more than 50lbs, a good initial fee would be $40 and a good price per
pound would be $0.15 because those follow the scale of the other prices and have them making
a similar amount of money
Conclusions/Reflection I think this problem is a good representation for how much money you could be spending in a
real life scenario and I think that knowing how to use functions and inequalities is very
important.