Question

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You find an online store with some amazing socks in your team colors. They are $5.50 a pair, which would put you over budget. The coach asks you, “For how many players can we purchase these?”


Using the formula, determine the largest number of players you can have on the team and still be able to buy a $17 shirt and $5.50 socks for each of them.

n(x + y) ≤ 300

Answer 1

Answer: 13 players.

Explanation:

1. Let's call:

`x`: Price of the shirt (
`x=17`)

`y`: Price of socks
`y=5.50`

`n`: number of players.

2. You know that the budget is $300 and you have the following formula given in the problem:

`n(x+y)\leq300`

3. Substitute values and solve for
`n`.Then, you obtain the following result:

`n(17+5.50)\leq300\\22.5n\leq300\\n\leq13.33`

4. The answer is: 13 players.