a courier charges for packages to a certain destination are 65 cents for the first 250 grams and 10 cents for each additional 100 grams or part thereof . what could be the weight in grams of a package for which the charge is $ 1.75 ?
"the charge is 65 cents for the first 250 grams . this leaves a charge of $ 1.75 - $ 0.65 = $ 1.10 the charge for the next 1000 grams is $ 1.00 which leaves a charge of $ 0.10 the weight is somewhere between 1250 and 1350 . the answer is a ."
divide(add(subtract(1.75, divide(65, 100)), multiply(divide(divide(10, 100), 100), 250)), divide(divide(10, 100), 100))