A school’s Student Council is selling shirts printed with the school’s logo to raise money for a trip. The printer charges $176 in advance plus $4.00 for every shirt ordered. If the Student Council sells the shirts for $15.00 each, at least how many shirts do they need to sell to make a profit?

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A school’s Student Council is selling shirts printed with the school’s logo to raise money for a trip.  The printer charges $176 in advance plus $4.00 for every shirt ordered.  If the Student Council sells the shirts for $15.00 each, at least how many shirts do they need to sell to make a profit?

anonymous · Answer

Profit for each shirt: $11

anonymous · Answer

In order to make up for the $176 printer charge you should sell 16 shirts. So in order to make a profit they should sell at leash 17 shirts!