Question

Shelly and Terrence earned points in a game by completing various tasks. Shelly completed x tasks and scored 90 points on each one. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game:
90x - 20
What does the constant term of the expression represent?
A) The total points Terrence earned
B) The total number of tasks Terrence completed
C) The sum of Shelly's and Terrence's total points
D) The difference between Shelly's and Terrence's total points

Answer 1

Answer:d

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Shelly completed x tasks and scored 90 points on each one

Therefore total points scored by Shelly is 90 x

The expression shows the total point scored by Terrence in game is

90x-20

Thus difference between their Points are 90x-(90x-20)=20

So constant 20 show the difference between Shelly's and Terrence's total Points.