Question

a a Members of a softball team raised $1579.50 to go to a tournament. They rented a bus for $1175.50 and budgeted $25.25 per player for meals. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine x, the number of players the team can bring to the tournament. Equation: Answer: x =​

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

The total cost for x players will be ...

1175.50 +25.25x = 1579.50 . . . . bus cost plus meal cost for x players

25.25x = 404 . . . . . . . . . subtract bus cost

x = 16 . . . . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of x