Question

The sugar sweet company needs to transport sugar to market. The graph below shows the transporting cost (in dollars) versus the weight of sugar being transported (in tons) a.)What is the cost of transporting 0 tonsb.) What is the cost of transporting 1 tons c.) Hos much does the cost increase for each ton of sugar being transported d.) Are the amounts given in parts b. and c. equal?

Answer 1

The cost of transport of tons is the point of intersection between the line and the X axis

Now we see that the point O tons, corresponds in the line to the point Y=1600

this the answer a)

For answer b) the point 1 corresponds to 2000

for answer c) the cost increase per ton is 400 , that is because 2000-1600= 400, and the line is inclined with a slope equal to 1