Question

A company that packages cold cuts needs to transport the packaged meat to the supermarket. It will cost $1,200 to rent a truck, and it will cost an additional $100 for every 50 pounds transported. Which equation represents the transport cost for every 50 pounds of cold cuts transported?

Answer 1

You have a constant value of $1,200 for the transportation and a variable cost of $100 dollars per 50 lbs of meat.
If you set: 50 lbs = X
The equation would be,
$1200 + $100X = Total Transportation cost
1200 is simply added here because no matter how many lbs of meat is added, it will remain constant. However, that varies for the $100 since it depends on the amount of meat to be transported.

Answer 2

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