Question

The captains of the soccer team describe ordering identical T-shirts for the team. Bindi says the total cost is $192. Gina says the cost is 8t, where t is the number of T-Shirts. Which person tells how much each T-shirt costs? How do you know?

Answer 1

Gina's statement that the cost is 8t, where t is the number of T-shirts, indicates the cost per T-shirt is $8. Bindi only provides the total cost and does not indicate the individual T-shirt cost.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks about the cost of individual T-shirts based on the total cost and the expression describing the cost relation to the number of T-shirts.

Bindi's statement of a total cost of $192 does not directly tell us the cost per T-shirt as it is an overall amount, while Gina's expression (8t), where t represents the number of T-shirts, indicates that each T-shirt costs $8, as the total cost is 8 times the quantity of T-shirts. To find the cost of each T-shirt, you would divide the total cost by the number of T-shirts (192/t), but since Gina has provided the expression 8t, it's already clear that each T-shirt is $8 assuming the equation is set to equal the total cost.

Answer 2

Both of them.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gina says the cost is 8t, which means you can easily find out the cost of each t-shirt if you know the the total cost too. Bindi says the total cost was 192, which is completely useless on its own, but paired with Gina's info, you can get the answer. Divide 192 by 8, and you get the cost of each t-shirt.