Question

Assume that there are 40 m³ of space available in the truck to be used and that it costs $500 to hire the truck. A container of 0.2 m³holds 8 kg of tomatoes and a container of 0.4 m³holds 10 kg of green peppers.

Then the transport cost for tomatoes per container and per kilogram

Answer 1

Answer

Total space available 40m³

Volume of tomato container = 0.2m³

Transport cost for tomatoes per container

$40m^3 \over 0.2m^3$ =200

Total cost of trucks is $500

Cost per container will be

$500 \over 200$ = 2.5

Cost per container is $2.5.

One container can hold 8 kg.

Cost per kg will be

$2.5 \over 8$ =0.3125

The cost per kg will be $0.3125.