A club can buy ready-made shirts for $14.50 each. Alternately, it can buy plain T-shirts for $6.25 each , fabric paint for $35.70, and a pack of stencils for $8.50. For how many shirts is stenciling plain T-shirts cheaper than buying ready made shirts?
Let the number of shirts bought be x. 14.5x > 6.25x+35.7+8.5 14.5x-6.25x > 35.7+8.5 8.25x > 44.2 x > 5.35757575757... Therefore, the least number of shirts bought is 6.
