At a party, the amount of people who ate meatballs was 12 less than 1/3 of the total number of people. The number of people who ate meatballs was 5. Write and solve an equation to
find the number of people at the party. Let x represent the number of people at the party. Use pencil
and paper. Write a one-step equation that has the same solution.
Write an equation that represents the number of people at the party.

1/3x-12=5

there where __ people at the party