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:
