The environmental science club is printing T-shirts for it's 15 members. The printing company charges a certain amount for each shirt plus a setup fee of $20. If the T-shirt order costs a total of $162.50, how much does the company charge for each shirt?
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Answer:Step-by-step explanation:Let [tex]X[/tex] be the cost of each shirt. From the information provided in the problem, we can setup the following equation:[tex]15X + 20 = 162.50[/tex]Solving for [tex]X[/tex] will give us the answer:[tex]15X = 142.50[/tex][tex]X = 9.5[/tex]