You find an online store with some amazing socks in your team color. They are $5.50 a pair, which would put you over budget. The coach asks you, For how many players can we purchase these?. Using the formula, determine the largest number of players you can have on the team and still be able to buy a $17 shirt and $5.50 socks for each of them. n (x+y) <3300

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Malcolm Patterson

22 February, 19:15

You find an online store with some amazing socks in your team color. They are $5.50 a pair, which would put you over budget. The coach asks you, For how many players can we purchase these?. Using the formula, determine the largest number of players you can have on the team and still be able to buy a $17 shirt and $5.50 socks for each of them. n (x+y) <3300

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Emmanuel Ramos · Answer 1

Let

x: price of the shirt

x = 17

y: price of socks

y = 5.50

n: number of players.

Like the budget of $ 3300 then

n (x + y) = 3300

Substituting

n ((17) + (5.50)) = 3300

Clearing

n = 3300 / ((17) + (5.50)) = 146.6666667

answer

You can buy socks and shirts for 146 players.