Question

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The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $7500 to rent trucks, and it will cost an additional $175 for each ton of sugar
transported
Let Crepresent 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.
Equation:
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Total cost to transport 19 tons of sugar: sl
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Answer 1

$10,825

Explanation:

let C: represent the total cost which is what we are looking for

let a: represent the cost of renting a truck

let b: represent the cost of each tone of sugar

let s: represent the quantity of the tons of sugar

From the question the additional cost of the sugar depends on the tons

so we multiply the tons by $175

so our equation will be

C = a + bs

in this case our value of b is $175

so we have

C = a + $175s

C = $7500 + ($175 * 19)

C = $7500 + $3325

C = $10,825