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 $250 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 11 tons of sugar.
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Total cost to transport 11 tons of sugar: $-----------
The equation relating C (total cost) to S (amount of sugar transported) is: C = 7500 + 250S.
To find the total cost to transport 11 tons of sugar, we plug in S = 11 into the equation:
C = 7500 + 250(11)
C = 7500 + 2750
C = 10250
Therefore, the total cost to transport 11 tons of sugar is $10,250.