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The Sugar Sweet Company will choose from two companies to transport its sugar to market. The first company charges $4995 to rent trucks plus an additional fee of $200.75 for each ton of sugar. The second company charges $6500 to rent trucks plus an additional fee of $125.50 for each ton of sugar.

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Construct an equation in which s is the number of tons of sugar to be transported 4500 + 150.25s = 3696 + 200.5s Solve for s 4500 - 3696 = 200.5s - 150.25s 804 = 50.25s s = 804/50.25 = 16 tons of sugar The cost is found by plugging this value into either side of the original equation; it is $6904.

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