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The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $6500 to rent trucks plus $250 for each ton of sugar transported. The total cost, C (in dollars), for transporting n tons is given by the following.

c=6500+250n
1.If the total cost is $12,250, how many tons is the company transporting?
2.What is the total cost of transporting 14 tons?

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Answer:

An equation that relates cost to the amount of sugar S C = 6500 + 250s the total cost is $1120 The total cost of transporting 19 tons of sugar at 250 each C = total cost C =6500 + 250(19) total cost = 6500 + 4750 = 11250

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