Question

Your basketball team scored 4 fewer than twice as many points, x, as the other team.

a. write an expression for the number of points your team scored. expression.b. the other team scored 24 points. how many points did your team score? your team scored points.

Answer 1

points our team scored = 2x - 4 where x is the number of points scored by the other team.

b. x = 24 so
points scored by our team = 2(24) - 4 = 48 - 4 = 44 points answer

Answer 2

a) Expression -
`n=2x-4`

b) The points did team score is 14.

Explanation:

Given : Your basketball team scored 4 fewer than twice as many points, x, as the other team.

To find :

a) Write an expression for the number of points your team scored. expression.

b) The other team scored 24 points. how many points did your team score?

Solution :

Let the number of points scored be 'n' and 'x' be the number of points scored by the other team.

a) Your basketball team scored 4 fewer than twice as many points, x, as the other team.

i.e.
`n=2x-4`

b) The other team scored 24 points i.e. n=24.

`24=2x-4`

`2x=28`

`x=(28)/(2)`

`x=14`

The points did team score is 14.