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A coach wants to purchase a soccer ball for each of his 18 players. Each ball cost $12.99.4 parents volunteered to buy 3 balls a piece to help out. How many balls will the coach still buy, and how much will he spend on them before taxes?

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The coach will need to buy 6 soccer balls after the parents' contribution, spending a total of $77.94 before taxes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves basic arithmetic to calculate the total cost of purchasing soccer balls for a coach's team after factoring in the contribution of four volunteer parents.

The coach initially needs to buy 18 soccer balls, one for each player. With 4 parents agreeing to buy 3 balls each, they would collectively buy 4 parents * 3 balls/parent = 12 balls. Therefore, the coach would need to buy the remaining balls, which is 18 total balls - 12 balls bought by parents = 6 balls.

Next, to calculate the total cost for the remaining balls, we multiply the number of balls the coach needs to buy by the price per ball: 6 balls * $12.99/ball = $77.94. Thus, the coach will spend $77.94 on soccer balls before taxes.

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