Question

the sugar sweet company is going to transport its sugar to market. it will cost $3250 to rent trucks, and it will cost andl additional $125 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 and equation relating C to S and then graph your equation.

Answer 1

The variables are

C: total cost ($)

S: amount of sugar (tons)

The equation that relates these two variables is;

C = 3250 + 125S

The graph of the equation is:

where C is the dependent variable, and S is the independent variable