Question

You and six friends play on a basketball team. A sponsor paid $100 for the league fee, x dollars for each player’s T-shirt, and $68.25 for trophies. Write an expression for the total amount paid by the sponsor.
7x + 168.25
68x + 12.5
7x - 168.25
18x - 163.8

Answer 1

To write an expression for the total amount paid by the sponsor, we need to consider the different components of the payments:

1. **League Fee:** $100
2. **T-shirts:** There are 7 players including you, and each player's T-shirt costs \(x\) dollars. Therefore, the cost for the T-shirts is \(7x\).
3. **Trophies:** $68.25

Now, to find the total amount paid by the sponsor, we sum these amounts:

\[
\text{Total} = 100 + 7x + 68.25
\]

We can combine the fixed costs:

\[
100 + 68.25 = 168.25
\]

So, the total expression becomes:

\[
\text{Total} = 7x + 168.25
\]

Thus, the correct expression for the total amount paid by the sponsor is:

**7x + 168.25**