Shelly and Terrence completed x tasks in a game. Terrence's total points were 20 less than Shelly's total. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game:

90x − 20

What does the first term of the expression represent?

Question

Shelly and Terrence completed x tasks in a game. Terrence's total points were 20 less than Shelly's total. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game:

90x − 20

What does the first term of the expression represent?

Mercury · Answer

answer choices (please post these next time)

The total points Shelly earned

The number of tasks Terrence completed

The sum of Shelly and Terrence's total points

The number of tasks Shelly completed

Mercury · Answer

so in the expression, we want to know what 90x represents

notice how 20 is being subtracted from 90x

also notice how this corresponds to the statement: "Terrence's total points were 20 less than Shelly's total."

with that in mind, what do you think 90x represents?