The Star Youth Soccer Club helps to support its 20 boys' and girls' teams financially, primarily through the payment of coaches. The club puts on a tournament each fall to help pay its expenses. The cost of putting on the tournament is $8,000, mainly for development, printing, and mailing of the tournament brochures. The tournament entry fee is $400 per team. For every team that enters, it costs the club about $75 to pay referees for the three- game minimum each team is guaranteed. If the club needs to clear $60,000 from the tournament, how many teams should it invite?

The Star Youth Soccer Club helps to support its 20 boys' and girls' teams financially, primarily through the payment of coaches. The club puts on a tournament each fall to help pay its expenses. The cost of putting on the tournament is $8,000, mainly for development, printing, and mailing of the tournament brochures. The tournament entry fee is $400 per team. For every team that enters, it costs the club about $75 to pay referees for the three- game minimum each team is guaranteed. If the club needs to clear $60,000 from the tournament, how many teams should it invite?

CONCEPTS IN FED.TAX.,2020-W/ACCESS

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Author:Murphy

Publisher:Murphy

Chapter3: Income Sources

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