Craig scored 12 points in a game. Marla scored twice as many points as Craig but 5 fewer than Nelson scored. Write an expression to represent how many points Nelson scored
First write what are given from the question We write "Craig scored 12 points in a game" as ⇒ c = 12 (first equation) We write "Marla scored twice as many points as Craig but 5 fewer than Nelson scored" as ⇒ m = 2c (second equation) ⇒ m = n - 5 (third equation) Second, find the expression for n based on what we write above From the second and third equation ⇒ m = m ⇒ n - 5 = 2c Subtitute from the first equation ⇒ n - 5 = 2c ⇒ n - 5 = 2(12) ⇒ n - 5 = 24
This is the expression to find how many nelson scored n - 5 = 24
