Your basketball team scored 4 fewer than twice as many points, x, as the other team. a. write an expression for the number of points your team scored. expression: b. the other team scored 24 points. how many points did your team score? your team scored points.

A) p = 2x - 4  for the expression. B) Your team scored 44 points.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let P represent the points your team made.

Since the question says "Your basketball team scored 4 fewer than twice as many points as the other team." this is how I came up with the expression.

p = 2x - 4 ( our points = 2 times more then the other teams points minus 4.

Using this expression and the given information that the other team made 24 points, I solved B.

44 = 2(24) - 4.

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answer: a.

step-by-step explanation: the answer is a. because, you need to converge the fractions to find a solution.