Two shirt screening companies charge a set up fee and a charge for each shirt made. The table shows the total costs for the company Shirt Express. The total costy (in
dollars) for x shirts made by Shirt Custom is represented by the equation y = 8x + 50

The correct option is;

Shirt Express charges less per shirt. For the cost to be the same 74 shirts must be ordered

Step-by-step explanation:

1) The given table for Shirt Express can be used to find the equation of the total cost of each made by Shirt Express as follows;

The rate of change of the function m is given as follows;

Therefore, we have;

m = (438 - 353)/(50 - 40) = 8.5

Te equation in slope and intercept form is then y - 438 = 8.5(x - 50)

From which we have;

y = 8.5·x - 8.5×50 + 438 = 8.5·x + 13

y = 8.5·x + 13

Therefore, Shirt Express initially charges 13 per shirt which is less than the 50 Shirt Custom charges

2)  the cost to be the same, we equate both shirts equations to get;

8.5·x + 13 = 8·x + 50

0.5·x = 50 - 13 = 37

x = 37/0.5 = 74 shirts

Therefore, for the cost to be the same 78 shirts must be ordered