[1.03] Jon and Lexi are playing a marble game. According to their rules, 4 points are awarded for each red marble collected and 3 points are awarded for each blue marble collected. Which expression represents Jon's total score if he has r red marbles and b blue marbles?

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anonymous · Answer

4r − 3b
 2r − 3b
 4r + 3b
 7rb

matt101 · Answer

Which answer do you think is right?

anonymous · Answer

between a and c

matt101 · Answer

So it comes down to if you're adding the points together to get a total or subtracting blue marble points from red marble points. What does the question say?

anonymous · Answer

four points are reward for red and 3 for blue

matt101 · Answer

And we're looking for a total score. So are we adding or subtracting points?

anonymous · Answer

adding ?

anonymous · Answer

@yurq8273 any ideas?

matt101 · Answer

That's right! So if you're adding, which answer makes the most sense?

anonymous · Answer

c !!! :)

matt101 · Answer

Yup :)

anonymous · Answer

thankou!