Shelly and Terrence earned points in a game by completing various tasks. Shelly completed x tasks and scored 90 points on each one. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game:

90x − 20

What does the constant term of the expression represent?

Question

Shelly and Terrence earned points in a game by completing various tasks. Shelly completed x tasks and scored 90 points on each one. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game:

90x − 20

What does the constant term of the expression represent?

ajspeller · Answer

The constant term is -20.  That would be the starting point or starting score.