Karen and Kevin collect coins. Karen has x coins. Kevin has 9 coins fewer than four times the number of coins Karen has. Write and simplify an expression for the total number of…

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Smottt · Answer 1 · 2023-07-24T03:36:13+0000

Karen has x coins

Kevin has 4x-9 (9 coins fewer than four times the number of coins Karen has)

Total number of coins = x + (4x-9)

$\text{Total \# coins=}x+4x-9=5x-9$

The expression for the total number of coins Karen and Kevin have is 5x - 9