Question

The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $5500 to rent trucks, and an additional $125 for each ton of sugar transported. What is the total cost to transport 16 tons of sugar?

Answer 1

`=$7,500.00`

Explanation:

1. Knowing the tonnage of sugar being transported would provide as the total amount for the additional payment for the truck rental per condition provided in the problem.
   `=16cancel("tons")xx($125)/(1cancel("ton"))`
   `=$2,000.00`
2. Given that the rental for the truck is `$5,500.00`, therefore the total cost for transporting the sugar is
   `="Truck rental+Cost for 16 tons of sugar transported"`
   `=$5,500.00+$2,000.00`
   `=$7,500.00`