SOLUTION: A soccer team needs to sell 200 t shirts to raise enough money for a trip. So far they sold 55% of the shirts. How many more shirts do they need to sell?

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Question 1107097: A soccer team needs to sell 200 t shirts to raise enough money for a trip. So far they sold 55% of the shirts. How many more shirts do they need to sell?
Answer by ikleyn(52802)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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They just sold 0.55*200 = 110 t-shirts.


They need to sell 200-110 = 90 more t-shirts.

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