Given:
Joel read x books
Lucas read 3 more than twice the number of books Joel read
So,
Lucas read 2x + 3
Erica read 5 less than four times the number of books Joel read
So,
Erica read 4x - 5
So, the total number of books read by Joel , Lucas and Erica :
x + (2x + 3) + (4x - 5)
= 7x - 2
So, the correct options are:
![\begin{gathered} 7x-2 \\ x+(2x+3)+(4x-5) \end{gathered}](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/uyge54hop3k3ltzirktbrbqqhr9zp0khwn.png)