Question

At a music festival, T-shirts are sold for $15 and sweatshirts are sold for $20. The festival organizers pay x dollars for each T-shirt and y dollars for each sweatshirt. The festival sells 53 T-shirts and 39 sweatshirts.

a. Write and simplify an expression that represents the profit.

b. A T-shirt costs the festival organizers $8, and a sweatshirt costs $14. What is the profit?​

Answer 1

53(15) + 39(20) = x

795 + 780

=1,575

Explanation:

there are 53 t-shirts 15$ each. Then 39 sweatshirts each 20$. so 53*15 + 39*20 will be your final solution.