Question

$5.00 per shirt and the club will sell the t-shirts for $7.50 each. What equation could be used to find s, the number of shirts sold to make a $112.50 profit?

Answer 1

Answer: 45 shirts were sold.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let s represent the number of T shirts the the club bought and sold.

If the club buys the t shirt at $5 per shirt, the cost of buying s shirts would be 5s

If the club sells the t shirt at $7.5 per shirt, the total revenue from selling s shirts would be 7.5s

Profit = selling price - cost price

If a profit of $112.5 was made, it means that

7.5s - 5s = 112.5

2.5s = 112.5

s = 112.5/2.5

s = 45