Five friends went to a baseball game. Three of the friends each bought a ticket for x dollars and a soda for $6.00. The other two friends each bought only tickets. Write and simply an expression the represents the amount of money spent.
3(x+6) + 2x
To write an expression that represents the amount of money spent by the five friends, we can break it down into two parts:
1. The three friends who bought a ticket for x dollars and a soda for $6.00 each.
- The cost of a ticket for each friend is x dollars.
- The cost of a soda for each friend is $6.00.
- So, the total spent by each of these three friends is x + $6.00.
2. The other two friends who only bought tickets.
- These friends only purchased tickets and did not buy any sodas.
- So, the total spent by each of these two friends is just the cost of a ticket, which is x dollars.
To find the total amount spent by all five friends, we need to add up the amounts spent by each group:
Total amount spent = (Amount spent by the first group of friends) + (Amount spent by the second group of friends)
= (x + $6.00) + (x + x)
Combining like terms:
Total amount spent = 3x + $6.00 + 2x
= 5x + $6.00
Therefore, the expression that represents the amount of money spent by the five friends is 5x + $6.00.