Write an expression to represent Donovan's total score of one of his words contains six letters

Question:

Donovan is playing a word game with letter tiles. Players earn 10 points for every word they make with the tiles., plus 5 extra points if a word has 6 or more letters. At the end of the game, 3 points are taken away for each tile not used. Write an expression to represent Donovan's total score if one of his words contains 6 letters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Required

Represent as an expression

Represent the words with w

So, the total points for w words is:

Also, he will earn the extra point because his 1 word contain 6 letters.

So, the new point is:

Lastly, represent the number of tiles remaining with t.

3 points are taken away for 1 tiles left

3*t points will be taken away for t tiles left

So, Donovan total points is:

We subtracted because the points are taken away

3/5

step-by-step explanation:

double number line is not a standard concept, so it must have been defined in your textbook. assume top line is numerator.