Answer:
-6x+11
Step-by-step explanation:
Since
are in arithmetic progression,




and since
are in geometric progression,




Recall that


It follows that

so the left side is

Also recall that

so that the right side is

Solve for
.

Now, the numerator increases more slowly than the denominator, since


and for
,

This means we only need to check if the claim is true for any
.
doesn't work, since that makes
.
If
, then

If
, then

If
, then

There is only one value for which the claim is true,
.
The answer selected is the correct answer because all of the other ones are equivalent to each other.
So, do get the answer, you have to find out who got more of the votes, either Carl Green or Maria Lewis. Once you have found out who has more votes, you take the bigger number and subtract the smaller number from it. If you get a negative number, or a number below 0, you have unfortunately have the wrong answer for the problem