A certain company charges $6 per package to ship packages weighing less than 2 pounds each. For a package weighing 2 pounds or more, the company charges an initial fee of $6 plus $2 per pound. If the company charged $30 to ship a certain package, which of the following was the weight of the package, in pounds? Answers:
A) 6	B) 8	C) 10	D) 12	E) 14
Let the weight of the package be X.   2X + 6= 30   X = 12   The answer is 12.
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A certain company charges $6 per package to ship packages weighing less than 2 pounds each. For a package weighing 2 pounds or more, the company charges an initial fee of $6 plus $2 per pound. If the company charged $30 to ship a certain package, which of the following was the weight of the package, in pounds?