A company is trying to ship a product which weighs 150 pounds with a density of 15.7 pounds per cubic foot. Using the carriers rate schedule below, what is the shipping cost?
A company is trying to ship a product which weighs 150 pounds with a density of 15.7 pounds per cubic foot. Using the carriers rate schedule below, what is the shipping cost?
The shipping rate depends on the density of the product. The product has a density of 15.7 pounds per cubic foot, which falls into the 11 to 20 pounds per cubic foot category. The rate for this category is $8 per hundredweight (cwt). The product weighs 150 pounds, which is 1.5 cwt (since 1 cwt is 100 pounds). Therefore, the shipping cost is 1.5 cwt * $8 per cwt = $12.
$12 only