Question

There are 12 players on a new softball team. Before the team starts playing games, the team must pay a total registration fee on $572. Along with the registration fee, the team will also spend a total of 1240 on equipment.

To pay for the registration fee and the equipment, the players held a car wash and raised $786. They then decided to sell candles for $9.50 per candle to cover the remaining cost. If each player sells the same number of candles, how many candles must each player sell?

Answer 1

Each player must sell approximately 108 candles.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many candles each player must sell, we need to calculate the remaining cost after the car wash and equipment expenses.

The total cost of registration and equipment is $572 + $1240 = $1812.

The amount raised from the car wash and equipment sales is $786. So, the remaining cost is $1812 - $786 = $1026.

Since each candle is sold for $9.50, the number of candles each player must sell can be found by dividing the remaining cost by the price of each candle:

$1026 ÷ $9.50 ≈ 108.

Therefore, each player must sell approximately 108 candles.

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