| 
 
 
| Question 185665:   The Sugar Sweet Company is going to transport its sugar to market. It will cost $6525 to rent trucks, and it will cost an additional $225 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 , and then graph your equation using the axes below.
 Answer by feliz1965(151)
      (Show Source): 
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If C = total cost and S = represent the amount of sugar (in tons). We can write a linear equation:
 C(S) = $6525 + $225(S)
 Let C(S) = y and S = x in the form of points that must be graphed on the coordinate plane.
 One point is (S,C(S)) = (x,y).
 Set up a table for S and C(S).
 Select different values for S to plug into the equation above.
 I would select 4 different values for S to plug into the equation.
 Simplify equation for each value to get 4 points that you will graph on the coordinate plane.
 This is a linear equation.  The word linear comes from the word line.  So, your graph will be a straight line.
 Does this help?
 | 
  
 | 
 |