Sal's shipping shortcut?

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I tried playing around with a shortened version of the sal’s shipping project but keep getting an error and am unsure why. Would be curious to know where I went wrong. I was attempting to write a code that would only show the cheapest option.
The error is:
Traceback (most recent call last):**
File “My_attempts.py/Sal_Shipping_Short.py”, line 4, in **
Cost_of_shipping = Weight * Price_per_pound + Flat_Charge**
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for : ‘float’ and ‘type’*

Do you guys have any ideas on why I keep getting this error?
Here is my code:

Price_per_pound= float
Flat_Charge= float
Weight= 8.4
Cost_of_shipping = Weight * Price_per_pound + Flat_Charge

if Weight <= 2.00:
Price_per_pound= 1.50 or 4.50
Flat_Charge= 20.00 or 0.00
elif Weight <=6.00:
Price_per_pound= 3.00 or 9.00
Flate_Charge= 20.00 or 0.00
elif weight <= 10:
Price_per_pound= 4.00 or 12.00
Flate_Charge= 20.00 or 0.00
if Cost_of_shipping >= 125.00:
print(“Ground Shpping Premium is your cheapest shipping option”)
elif Cost_of_shipping >= 23.00:
print(“Drone Shipping is your cheapest shipping option”)
else:
print(“Ground Shipping is your cheapest option”)

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Slightly changed code incorporating suggested solution but I’m still not getting the desired result of the programme identifying the cheapest cost.

Here is the code:

weight= 23

if weight<=2:

cost_ground= weight * 1.5 + 20

elif weight <= 6:

cost_ground= weight * 3 +20

elif weight <= 10:

cost_ground= weight * 4 +20

elif weight >= 10:

cost_ground= weight * 4.75 +20

cost_ground_premium= 125

if weight<=2:

drone_shipping= weight * 4.5

elif weight <= 6:

drone_shipping= weight * 9

elif weight <= 10:

drone_shipping= weight * 12

elif weight >= 10:

drone_shipping= weight * 14.25

print(“Drone Shipping cost: $”, drone_shipping)

print(“Ground Shipping cost: $”, cost_ground)

print(“Ground Shipping Premium cost: $”, cost_ground_premium)

if drone_shipping> 21.5:

print(“Ground Shipping: $”, cost_ground, " is your cheapest option")

elif not drone_shipping> 21.5:

print(“Drone shipping: $”, drone_shipping, " is your cheapest option")

elif drone_shipping>=125 or cost_ground>=125:

print(“Ground Shipping Premium cost: $”, cost_ground_premium, " is your cheapest option")

This returns the output:

Drone Shipping cost: $ 327.75
Ground Shipping cost: $ 129.25
Ground Shipping Premium cost: $ 125
Ground Shipping: $ 129.25 is your cheapest option

cost_ground is clearly more than $125 but the code returns the incorrect answer.
Any ideas where I went wrong on this one?

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Welcome to the forums!

Python relies on indentation (esp. here with control flow & conditionals). Please format your code so people don’t have to decipher if there’s an indentation error, etc.