five friends went to a baseball game. three of the friends each bought a ticket for x dollars and a soda for six dollars the other two friends each bough only tickets. write and simplify and expression that represent the amount of money spent

3x + 5*6 + 2x

Simplify.

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To write an expression that represents the amount of money spent by the five friends, we need to consider the cost of tickets and sodas.

Let's break it down:

- Three friends bought a ticket for x dollars each. So, the total cost for the tickets is 3x dollars.
- Additionally, they also bought a soda for $6 each, meaning that the total cost for the sodas is $6 multiplied by the number of friends who bought both tickets and sodas, which is 3. Thus, the total cost for the sodas is 3 * 6 = 18 dollars.
- The other two friends only bought tickets, so the total cost for their tickets would be 2x dollars.

Now, to represent the total amount of money spent by all five friends, we need to add up the costs of the tickets and sodas. Therefore, the expression that represents the amount of money spent would be:

Total = (3x + 18) + 2x

And to simplify it, we can combine like terms:

Total = 3x + 18 + 2x
= 5x + 18

So, the simplified expression representing the amount of money spent is 5x + 18 dollars.