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?

1 Answer
Dec 21, 2017

#=$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#