What word phrase is equivalent to the equation y=2x-3

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Step-by-step explanation:

The soccer coach is 3 years less than twice the age of his youngest team member.

In y = 2x - 3, x represents the youngest team member. y represents the soccer coach.

2x is twice the age of the youngest team member.

-3 is three years less.

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

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