Please help me I really dont understand this

Question

A company is making new soccer uniforms for a team. The company uses 2.5 yards of fabric for each shirt. The company uses 82.5 yards of fabric to make shirts and shorts for 15 players. The equation and solution below represents the situation.

15(2.5+x)=82.5 =3

What does the solution, , represent?

the total fabric needed for the shirts

the total fabric for each shirt and each pair of shorts

the amount of fabric left over after making the shirts and shorts

the amount of fabric needed for each pair of shorts

Answer 1

This equation follows the form: Quantity * Rate = Total

Quantity (# of players) * Rate (yards of fabric per player) = Total (yards of fabric)

15 players * (yards of fabric per player) = 82.5 total yards of fabric

Yards of fabric per player is for a shirt and shorts. x stands for fabric per shorts.

You can use the distributive property to solve for x or plug in x to check solution.

37.5 + 15x = 82.5

-37.5 -37.5

15x = 45

x = 3