Some students want to order shirts with their school logo. onr company charges $9.00 per shirt plus a setup fee for $43.another company charges$8.00 per shirt plus a 58 fee. for what number of shirts would the cost be the same? which company would be cheaper for an ordet 20 shirts

Let's let x be the number of t-shirts.

So the first company charges $43 plus $9 per shirt. For x shirts, the cost is the base fee plus 9 times x, or .

The second company charges a $58 fee plus $8 per shift. The cost is .

Now, we want to find which fee is less when we are buying 20 shirts. We plug in 20 for x.

The first company charges .

The second company charges .

The costs are VERY close, but the second company ultimately charges less.

Sis less than or equal to 75 (bottom left)