Question

The Sugar Sweet Company needs to transport sugar to market. The graph below shows the transporting cost (in dollars) versus the weight of the sugar being transported (in tons).

Use the graph to answer the questions.

Answer 1

both are 400

step by step explanation

Answer 2

Explanation:

1)Cost of 1 ton = $ 2000

Cost of 2 ton = $3500

Cost of 3 ton = $5000

$ 1500 increase for each of ton of sugar being transported.

2) (1 , 2000) ; (2 , 3500)

Slope =
`(y_(2)-y_(1))/(x_(2)-x_(1))`

`=(3500-2000)/(2-1)`

= 1500