<span>It is undefined because it is one of the building blocks of geometry. In order to define a term, we must have a definition of <u>all of the words</u> used to describe it. As this progresses, we would have a never-ending list of words to define; at some point, we must accept a few basic building blocks as being undefined.</span>
Let x=Jose's height. If it says "less than," then that is subtraction. Since Jose's height is not defined, there is no specific number that can be used to describe "73 less than twice Jose's height," so I use the variable x, and then subtract 73.