Five friends went to a baseball game. Three of friends each bought a ticket for x dollar and soda for $6.00. The other two friends each bought only tickets. Write and simplify an expression that represents the amount of money spent

3(6 + x) + 2x = ?

To find the expression that represents the amount of money spent by the five friends, we need to break down the costs for each friend separately.

Let's assume the cost of each ticket is represented by "x" dollars.

For the three friends who bought tickets and sodas, they each spent x dollars for the ticket and an additional 6 dollars for the soda. So, the cost for each of them is x + 6.

Now, for the other two friends who only bought tickets, they spent x dollars for each ticket with no additional cost.

To find the total amount spent by all the friends, we add up the costs for each friend:

(x + 6) + (x + 6) + (x + 6) + x + x

Simplifying the expression, we combine like terms:

3x + 18 + 2x

This gives us the final simplified expression representing the total amount of money spent:

5x + 18