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The equation c=1.5x + 89.42 can be used to estimate the cost c of a holiday dinner for 10 people x years after 2000. Determine in what year the cost of a dinner for 10 people will be $116.42.

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2018 I believe.

C= 1.5x + 89.42

116.42= 1.5x + 89.42

27= 1.5x

x= 18 years
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