Translate real world situation in an algebraic expression

Question

Leonardo has some dimes and quarters in his pocket. The number of quarters is five less than four times the number of dimes. Let d represent the number of dimes. Write an expression for the number of quarters

Answer 1

q = 4d -5

where q=number of quarters and d= number of dimes

q=4d-5 means the number of quarters is 5 less than 4 times the number of dimes