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Caleb has 5x² yellow pens and 4x green

pens.
He has twice as many pink pens as yellow
pens.
He also has 3 fewer black pens than green
pens.
Write an expression in terms of x for the total
number of yellow, green, pink and black pens
that Caleb has.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

User Yuna Braska
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1 Answer

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Answer:

10x²+8x-6

Explanation:

5x²+4x+5x²×2+4x-3

=10x²×2+8x-3

=10x²+8x-6

User Pexers
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