Question

Shelly and Terrence completed x tasks in a game. Terrence's total points were 20 less than Shelly's total. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game: 90x - 20

What does the first term of the expression represent?

The total points Shelly earned

The number of tasks Terrence completed

The sum of Shelly and Terrence's total points

The number of tasks Shelly completed

Answer 1

"The total points Shelly earned" is the one among the following choices given in the question that the first term of the expression represent. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the first option. I hope that this is the answer that has come to your desired help.

Answer 2

We are given that Terrence scored (90x - 20) points, and that he scored 20 points less than Shelly. Therefore, Shelly scored (90x - 20) + 20 = 90x.
Since the first term of the expression is 90x, this is equivalent to the number of points Shelly earned. Therefore the best answer is the first choice.