SOLUTION: Please help me with the following question- in an algebraic expression Mark Spitz won two more Olympic medals than Carl Lewis did.

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Question 150217: Please help me with the following question- in an algebraic expression
Mark Spitz won two more Olympic medals than Carl Lewis did.
Answer by jojo14344(1513) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simply refer the number of Olympic medals to a variable, let's say "x"
So,
x ----> the medals won by Carl Lewis
For Mark Spitz, he got 2 more than Carl, so it follows ----> x%2B2
Thank you,
Jojo