Solution
- The solution steps are given below:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ There are }x\text{ number of people at each of the 8 large table.} \\ \text{ Thus, the total number of people on large tables is:} \\ 8\times x=8x \\ \\ \text{ There are also 5 people on a small table.} \\ \\ \text{ This means that the total number of guests \lparen T\rparen is:} \\ T=8x+5 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Final Answer
The answer is
[tex]T=8x+5[/tex]
