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

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Question 389166: THE GREENS SCORED ONE LESS THAN TWICE THE POINTS OF THE YELLOWS. YELOWS SCORED N POINTS WHAT IS THE EXPRESSIONS?
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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 2n-1 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 2n-1 points.