SOLUTION: Tickets to a ball game cost $5 per person. At the game, snacks cost $2 each. Write an equation I represent the relationship between the total cost, C, and the number snacks purchas

Question 940657: Tickets to a ball game cost $5 per person. At the game, snacks cost $2 each. Write an equation I represent the relationship between the total cost, C, and the number snacks purchased, n, for one person attending the game.
Answer by etutorworld(19) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Cost of ticket is $5
Cost of 1 snack is $2
Cost of n snacks will be $2n
Total cost C of a person attending the game will be
Cost of ticket + Cost of Snacks
5 + 2n
Therefore, Linear equation that represents total cost of a person attending the game is given by
C = 5 +2n (Answer)
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