Question

Andre sells T-shirts. He charges

customers $19 per T-shirt, plus a delivery
fee of $8 per order. The amount, y, that
Andre charges for an order of x T-shirts is
represented by the equation y = 19x + 8. A
customer paid $217 for an order of
T-shirts. How many T-shirts did the
customer order?

Answer 1

11

Explanation:

217 = 19x + 8

209 = 19x

x = 209/19

x = 11