Question

justin and ace went to the store to buy fruit for their smoothie business. they bought melons,bananas, and oranges. they bought two times as many bananas as melons, and 3 fewer oranges than bananas. if x represents the number of melons they bought,express, in terms of x, how many oranges they bought in total?

Answer 1

Explanation:

x = number of melons

so,

number of bananas = 2x

number of oranges = number of bananas - 3 = 2x - 3