Q:

A shipping company charges a flat rate of $7 for packages weighing five pounds or less, $15 for packages weighing more than five pounds but less than ten pounds, and $22 for packages weighing more than ten pounds. During one hour, the company had 13 packages that totaled $168. The number of packages weighing five pounds or less was three more than those weighing more than ten pounds. The system of equations below represents the situation.s+m+l=137s+15m+22l=168s-l=3Which matrix can be used to show the number of packages in the different weight classes during that hour?

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Should be the first one with elcholen reducing form shown, and sides going 6, 4, 3. Showing packages and them being multiplied by its value of each box to eqaul 168. 6 = s 4 = m 3 = L