Members of a baseball team raised $1199.50 to go to a tournament. They rented a bus for $830.50 and budgeted $30.75 per player for meals. Determine the number of players the team can bring to the tournament.

The team can bring 12 players to the tournament.

Step-by-step explanation:

With the information provided, you can say that cost of going to a tournament is equal to the cost of renting the bus plus the result of multiplying the cost per player for meals for the number of players, which is:

c=830.50+30.75x, where:

c is the cost of going to a tournament

x is the number of players

Now, you can replace c with $1199.50 that is the total amount they raised and solve for x:

1199.50=830.50+30.75x

1199.50-830.50=30.75x

369=30.75x

x=369/30.75

x=12

According to this, the answer is that the team can bring 12 players to the tournament.