The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $5500 to rent trucks, and it will cost an additional $225 for each ton of sugar transported. Let C represent the total cost (in dollars), and let S represent the amount of sugar (in tons) transported. Write an equation relating C to S. Then use this equation to find the total cost to transport 12 tons of sugar.

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Jacquelyn Hopkins

Mathematics

8 February, 21:27

The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $5500 to rent trucks, and it will cost an additional $225 for each ton of sugar transported. Let C represent the total cost (in dollars), and let S represent the amount of sugar (in tons) transported. Write an equation relating C to S. Then use this equation to find the total cost to transport 12 tons of sugar.

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Mary Anthony · Answer 1

Ok first of all we know it's linear and will look like y=mx + c

In this example y=C and X=S

The answer is:

C = (225) S + 5500

So for 12 tons of sugar you substitute S with 12 ...

C=225 (12) + 5500