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The math club is selling silk-screened T-shirts as a fundraiser. The T-shirt company charges a one-time set-up fee of $125.00 for the artwork and $0.50 to screen each T-shirt. Undecorated shirts cost $5.00 each. Which equation models the cost (C) of x number of silk-screened T-shirts?

A)
C equal 125 plus 0.5 x

B)
C equal 125 space minus space 5 x

C)
C equal 125 plus 5.5 x

D)
C equal 125 x plus 5.5

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I believe that the answer should be c
User Kristian Heitkamp
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I think it is C because $125 is a 1 time fee . $0.50 however is is the cost each time they want to decorate. and $5.00 is the cost for each shirt. So you add them because they want silk-screened meaning they will pay $5.00 and 0.50 for design together.
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