Your basketball team scored 4 fewer than twice as many points, x, as the other team. write an expression for the number of points your team scored.

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Billy Blob Snortin · Answer 1 · 2017-10-16T19:43:46+0000

2x-4
If x is the amount the other team scored then the 2x is double. This gives that 4 less than double the amount of the other team would be minus 4