Let's use the variable x to represent the unknown number.
"Three times a number " would be re[resented by: 3x
Then "three times a number, decreased by one" would be represented by: 3x - 1
Note : Decreased means to get smaller
Jose V.
asked • 03/14/20The translation is
three times a number, decreased by
one
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