SOLUTION: THE GREENS SCORED ONE LESS THAN TWICE THE POINTS OF THE YELLOWS. YELOWS SCORED N POINTS WHAT IS THE EXPRESSIONS?

Question 389166: THE GREENS SCORED ONE LESS THAN TWICE THE POINTS OF THE YELLOWS. YELOWS SCORED N POINTS WHAT IS THE EXPRESSIONS?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Since the greens scored one less than twice the points of the yellows, and the yellows scored n points, this means that the greens scored points. Here, 2n is twice n and you subtract 1 because it's one less.

So the expression for the number of points that green has scored is points.
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