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The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost

$4500 to rent trucks, and it will cost an additional $175 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 19 tons of sugar.

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C= 4500+(S×175)

19×175 = 3325

4500+3325= 7825

C= $7825
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