3. Mr. Raphael needs to buy notebooks for his
children to start the school year. His son
Manny needs some notebooks. His daughter
Daphne needs twice as many as does
Manny. His other daughter Ophelia says
she needs one fewer than 3 times as many
as Manny needs. If Mr. Raphael buys
x notebooks for Manny, how many
notebooks will he need to buy in all?
Write an expression in simplest form.
6x - 1