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Members of a soccer team raised $1210.50 to go to a tournament. They rented a bus for $769.50 and budgeted $31.50 per player for meals. Which equation or tape diagram could be used to represent the context if pp represents the number of players the team can bring to the tournament?

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Members of a soccer team raised 1210.50togotoatournament.Theyrentedabusfor1210.50 to go to a tournament. They rented a bus for 769.50 and budgeted $31.50 per player for meals. Which equation or tape diagram could be used to represent the context if pp represents the number of players the team can bring to the tournament?

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Solution

The equation that could be used to represent this context is:

1210.50 (total money raised) = 769.50 (cost of bus rental) + 31.50pp (cost of meals per player)

Simplified, this becomes:

1210.50 - 769.50 = 31.50pp

Or, further simplified:

441 = 31.50pp

This equation represents the total amount of money left after paying for the bus, which is then used to cover the cost of meals for each player. The variable pp represents the number of players the team can bring to the tournament.

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