SOLUTION: A family went to a baseball game. they parked the car in a parking lot which charged $5. The cost per ticket was $22. Write an equation for the total cost of going to the baseball

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Question 1101782: A family went to a baseball game. they parked the car in a parking lot which charged $5. The cost per ticket was $22. 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 $93, how many people went to the game?
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Total cost = ($5 parking) + ($22 ticket for each person):

y+=+5+%2B+22%28x%29

If the total cost was $93 and you want to find the number of people, set y equal to 93 and solve for x:
93+=+5%2B22x
88+=+22x
x+=+4

4 people went to the game.