1. A school booster club is selling

T-shirts. The silk-screening company

is selling shirts to the boosters for

$3 each, plus a one-time fee of $150

to cover supply costs. If the boosters

want to make at least $300 in profits

and they sell a shirt for $12, how

many shirts do they need to sell?

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Pierre Lynch

Mathematics

23 September, 01:10

1. A school booster club is selling

T-shirts. The silk-screening company

is selling shirts to the boosters for

$3 each, plus a one-time fee of $150

to cover supply costs. If the boosters

want to make at least $300 in profits

and they sell a shirt for $12, how

many shirts do they need to sell?

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Step-by-step explanation:

sales - expenses = profit

lets x represent number of shirts sold

12x - (3x + 150) > = 300

12x - 3x - 150 > = 300

9x - 150 > = 300

9x > = 300 + 150

9x > = 450

x > = 450/9

x > = 50 <= = they would need to sell at least 50 shirts

1. A school booster club is sellingT-shirts. The silk-screening companyis selling shirts to the boosters for$3 each, plus a one-time fee of $150to cover supply costs. If the boosterswant to make at least $300 in profitsand they sell a shirt for $12, howmany shirts do they need to sell?