The environmental science club is printing T-shirts for it's 15 members. The printing company charges a certain amount for each shirt plus a setup fee of $20. If the T-shirt order costs a total of $162.50, how much does the company charge for each shirt?

Mathematics · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021

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Given the statement:
The environmental science club is printing T-shirts for it's 15 members. The printing company charges a certain amount for each shirt plus a setup fee of $20.

Determine the total charge per t-shirt if the total cost is $162.50

Solution:

Subtract 162.50 by 20, then divide the quotient by 15.

= $162.50 - 20

= $142.50

= $142.50/15

= $9.5

Divide 9.5 by 15 again to determine the charge per t-shirt.

= $9.5 / 15

= $0.6333..

Since we have a repeating decimal, we can either equate it with a repeating word enclosed with a parenthesis, a dash line or an ellipsis. In our case we will use the ellipsis.

Final answer:

The total charge per t-shirt is $0.6333.