Question

Part B

The football team is purchasing 12 t-shirts, 12 sweatpants, and 12 sweatshirts
to give to a charity. They will not pay tax on the items. The cost will be
divided equally among 37 players and coaches. What is the cost for each
person?

Answer 1

The total number of items purchased is 12 + 12 + 12 = 36.

Since the football team will not pay tax on the items, the cost for the 36 items is the total cost.

Let C be the total cost of the items.

Then,

C/37 = cost per person

We need to find C.

Let T be the cost of a T-shirt, S be the cost of a sweatpants, and H be the cost of a sweatshirt.

Then,

C = 12T + 12S + 12H

We don't know the individual costs of the items, so we can't find C directly.

However, we know that the cost will be divided equally among 37 people.

So,

C/37 = (12T + 12S + 12H)/37

Multiplying both sides by 37:

C = 12T + 12S + 12H

The cost per person is:

(12T + 12S + 12H)/37

Since we don't know the individual costs of the items, we can't calculate the cost per person.