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nancy has x coins. Bill has 9 coins fewer than five times the number of coins nancy has. Write and simplify an expression for the total number of coins and have.

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Answer:

5x-9

Explanation:

If Bill has 9 coins less then 5 times Nancy's coins, the number of his coins is 5x-9.

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