Benito is selling T-shirts for $8 each for his school fund-raiser. So far, he has sold 16 T-shirts. How many more does he need to sell to reach his goal of $200 in sales?

Three of these equations solve for the number of T-shirts, t, he still needs to sell to reach $200 in sales. Which equation does NOT?

a) t=9

b) 8t+128=200

c) 8 (t+16) = 200

d) 8t+16=200

Question

Mathematics

Santos Carr

19 March, 07:09

Benito is selling T-shirts for $8 each for his school fund-raiser. So far, he has sold 16 T-shirts. How many more does he need to sell to reach his goal of $200 in sales?

Three of these equations solve for the number of T-shirts, t, he still needs to sell to reach $200 in sales. Which equation does NOT?

a) t=9

b) 8t+128=200

c) 8 (t+16) = 200

d) 8t+16=200

+1

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

India Blackburn · Answer 1

The answer is

c) 8 (t+16) = 200

proof

if it was 16T-shirts the equation whould be 8 (16) = 200

but he needed to sell t T-shirts to reach his goal of $200, so it is t+16

that is why 8 (t+16) = 200 is the equation