A family went to a baseball game. They parked the car in a parking lot which charged $20. The cost per ticket was $28. Write an equation for the total cost of going to the baseball game, where y is the total cost and x is the total number of people. If the family spent $188 , how many people went to the game?

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Jenny Flowers

3 December, 23:08

A family went to a baseball game. They parked the car in a parking lot which charged $20. The cost per ticket was $28. Write an equation for the total cost of going to the baseball game, where y is the total cost and x is the total number of people. If the family spent $188 , how many people went to the game?

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Muffy · Answer 1

a) y = 28x + 20

b) Plug in 188 for y and solve algebraically:

188 = 28x + 20

subtract 20 from both sides

168 = 28x

divide 28 from both sides

6 = x

Nina Greene · Answer 2

6 people went to the game.

28*6=188 if you include the cost of parking, which is 20.