Bunche Middle School wants to increase school pride. The principal would like to order t-shirts for the students that are cool and cost effective. He would like to order 1000 shirts with a budget of $6,000 dollars. He will sell the shirts for $8 per shirt. If he makes a profit, he will be able to add new games to the school’s game room where students go to play as a reward for positive behavior Paula’s Printing charges $3.75 for each T-shirt.
Shantay’s Shirts has a one-time set-up fee of $960 and then charges $2.80 for each T-shirt.

1. Which company should you choose to spend the least amount of money? Use math to justify your recommendation. You would spend the least amount of money if you make t-shirts with paula’s company.
2. Includes a table to explore the cost of buying various numbers of T-shirts from Paula’s Printing and Shantay’s Shirts (table increments should increase by 100 t-shirt).
3. Write a linear equation that represents the cost of buying T-shirts from Paula’s Printing. Identify the meaning of each variable in your equation.
4. Write a linear equation that represents the cost of buying T-shirts from Shantay’s Shirts. Identify the meaning of each variable in your equation.