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max and evie are comparing the number of ride tickets they have for an amusement park. they notice that evie has two less than four times the nember of tickets that man has. if the number of tickets max has is represented by x, then which of the following represents the combined number of tickets max and evie have in terms of x?

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Answer: [tex]5x-2[/tex]Step-by-step explanation: Let be [tex]x[/tex] the number of tickets Max has. "Four times the number of tickets that Max has" indicates multiplication. It can be written as: [tex]4x[/tex] Now, since Evie has two less than four times the number of tickets that Max has, the expression that represents the number of tickects Evie has, is the following: [tex]4x-2[/tex] FInally, to find the expression that represents the combined number of tickets Max and Evie have, you must add [tex]x[/tex] and [tex]4x-2[/tex]. Therefore, this is: [tex](x)+(4x-2)=5x-2[/tex]