Question

The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $3500 to rent trucks plus $175 for each ton of sugar transported. The total cost,
C (in dollars), for transporting n tons is given by the following.
C=175n+3500. Question A: what’s is the total cost of transporting 13 tons? Question B: if the total cost is $7875, how many tons is the company transporting

Answer 1

Part A

$C=175(13)+3500=\boxed{\ 5775}$

Part B

$7875=175n+3500 \\ \\ 4375=175n \\ \\ n=\boxed{25}$