Question

Carlene is selling T-shirts for a fundraiser. The T-shirts cost $20.50 each. To date, she has raised $700. Her goal is to raise more than $8,900. How many more T-shirts, x, does Carlene need to sell to reach her goal?

Answer 1

She needs to sell around 397 more shirts. 

Divide 700 by 20.5. This will give you the amount of shirts she has already raised with is 36 (more accurately 36 6/41). Next divide 8900 by 20.5. This is the amount of shirts she needs to sell in total, which is 434. Subtract these two values. 

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