Reggie wrote a total of 48 political articles for the town newspaper this year. The number of political articles he wrote is 3 less than twice the number of sports articles he wrote. Let s represent the number of sports articles he wrote. Which equation shows an equality between two different ways of expressing the number of political articles that Reggie wrote this year?

A.

48 = 2s + 3

B.

48 = 2s - 3

C.

48 = 3s + 2

D.

48 = 3s - 2

Option B

48 = 2s - 3 shows an equality between number of political articles that Reggie wrote this year

Solution:

Given that, Reggie wrote a total of 48 political articles for the town newspaper this year

Number of political articles = 48

Let s represent the number of sports articles he wrote

The number of political articles he wrote is 3 less than twice the number of sports articles he wrote

Number of political articles = twice the number of sports articles - 3

Number of political articles = (2 x number of sports articles) - 3

Number of political articles = 2s - 3

We know that, number of political articles = 48

48 = 2s - 3

Thus above equation shows an equality between number of political articles that Reggie wrote this year