Nine times four less than and three times y

Answer 1

9(3y-4)

Now here's how you check it...

pick an simple number of y

For example , pick x=1.

Nine times four less than three times 1...

Nine times four less than three

Nine times negative one

so -9

when you plug 1 into the expression you get -9

9(3*1-4) = 9(3-4) = 9(-1) = -9