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Karen and Bill collect coins. Karen has x coins. Bill has 9 coins fewer than two times the number of coins Karen has. Write and simplify an expression for the total number of coins Karen and Bill have.​

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karen = x
bill = 2x - 9
total = x + 2x - 9 = 3x - 9
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