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A high school class wants to raise money by recycling newspapers. The class decided to rent a truck at a cost of $150 for the week. The market price for recycled newspapers is $15 per ton. Write an equation representing the amount of money the class will make based on the number of tons of newspapers collected.
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Let x be the quantity of newspaper that a truck can carry (in tons). Note that x is limited by truck capacity.
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