Question

John, Sam & Rob were playing cards. John scored x points,Sam scored 3 fewer than John. Rob scored twice Sam's points. together they scored 50 points. write an expression for rob​

Answer 1

Answer: 2x-6

Work Shown:

john = x

sam = x-3 since he scored 3 fewer than john

rob = 2*(sam) = 2(x-3) = 2*x-2*3 = 2x-6