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

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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 $9,720. How many more T-shirts, x, does Carlene need to sell to reach her goal?
Select the number line that includes the fewest number of T-shirts Carlene can sell and still meet her goal.

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valina [46] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-15T09:27:24+03:00

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.