Question

a company that packaged cold cuts needs to transport the packaged meat to the supermarket it would cost 1200 to rent a truck and it will cost an additional 100 for every 50 pounds transported write an equation that represents the transport cost for every 50 pound of cold cuts transported

Answer 1

Let y equal the total cost.

We know that no matter what, we are charged 1200 for the use of a truck. So we start with that.

Next we let x equal the number of 50 lb "packages" we are transporting. We know that for every package, we must add 100 to y. That would give us:

\[y=?x+?\]

Answer 2

Where the question marks represent the respective coefficients.

Answer 3

Let "y" be the total cost of transportation of the packages.............(1
Cost of renting a truck: 1200
Cost of transporting one 50 pound package=100
Let the total number of cold cut packages be "x"
Cost of transporting "x" number of cold cut packages = 100*x
Therefore total cost=1200+100x..................................(2)

But we assumed the total cost to be "y"
Hence, from (1) and (2) we get,
y=100(x)+1200 ....This is the required equation :)