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, v (in dollars), for transporting tons is given by the following.
C=250n+6500
Answer the following questions.
If the total cost is 12,750 , how many tons is the company transporting?
What is the total cost of transporting 15 tons?
To find out how many tons the company is transporting, we need to solve the equation 12,750 = 250n + 6500 for n.
Subtracting 6500 from both sides gives us 5250 = 250n.
Dividing both sides by 250 gives us n = 21.
Therefore, the company is transporting 21 tons.
To find the total cost of transporting 15 tons, we substitute n = 15 into the equation C = 250n + 6500.
C = 250 * 15 + 6500
C = 3750 + 6500
C = 10,250
Therefore, the total cost of transporting 15 tons is $10,250.