Erick, mia, and isabelle golfed 9 holes. erick scored 10 more than mia, and isabelle scored 16 less than twice mia's score. use the drop-down menus to complete the statements about the expression that represents the scenario. what does the expression x + x + 10 + 2x – 16 represent from the given scenario? what does the variable in the expression represent? what is the expression in simplified form? what is the constant in the simplified expression?

Let Mia's score be .  Then, Erick scored 10 more than Mia, so his score is .  Isabelle scored 16 less than twice Mia's score, so her score is .  We can see that is the sum of these variables, so the expression represents the total of their scores in this scenario.  Moreover, we recall that the variable in the expression, , represents Mia's score.

To simplify this expression, we add up the variables and the numbers separately, giving us .  Therefore, in simplified form, the expression is equal to 4x - 6.  The constant term in an expression is the term not multiplied by a variable, so in this case, it is -6.