Four friends went to see a movie each ticket costs $x the table shows the prices of several items at the theater they bought for large pretzels and four bottles of water right and simplify expression that represents the total cost of tickets and snacks or beverages

The first thing we need to know are the prices:

popcorn 4 $

large pretzel $ 3

small soda 2 $

water $ 2

ticket costs $ x

The second thing we need to know is how many things were bought:

they bought:

four large pretzels

four bottles of water

four tickets

the mathematical expression is

Total cost: 4x + 4 (3) + 4 (2)

simplifying

Total cost: 4x + 20

answer

The total cost of tickets and snacks or beverages was:

Total cost: 4x + 20