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Write a story that matches with the expression 42x-5 pls hurry

If the cost to mail a package is an initial $5 and $0.28 for every pound the total cost to mail a package was $11.27, how much did the package weigh?

Thales was an ancient philosopher familiar with similar triangles. one story about him says that he found the height of a pyramid by measuring its shadow and his own shadow at the same time. if the person is 5-ft tall, what is the height of the pyramid in the drawing?