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United Express, a national package delivery service, charges a base price for overnight delivery of packages weighing 1 pound or less and a surcharge for each additional pound (or fraction thereof). A customer isbilled $24.75 for shipping a 6-pound package and $53.75 for a 26-pound package. Find the base price and the surcharge for each additional pound.The base price is $.The surcharge for each additional pound is $

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