A high school basketball team has a budget specifically for towels and extra basketballs. A towel costs $6 and a basketball costs $30. Assume the budget is $300 and that 25 towels are needed for the team for the entire season. Use a standard form equation to determine how many basketballs may be purchased by the team.

Question

mathmale · Answer

A towel costs $6.  How much will t towels cost?
A basketball costs $30.  How much will b basketballs cost?

mathmale · Answer

If we buy t towels and b basketballs and the sum of the sum of the purchase prices comes to $300, write the pertinent equation.