Which expression can be used to represent the phrase “Lamar decreased his collection of cards by seven”?(1 point)

Question

Responses

7x
7 x

x−7
x minus 7

7−x
7 minus x

x+7

Answer 1

The expression that can be used to represent the phrase “Lamar decreased his collection of cards by seven” is:

x - 7 (x minus 7)

Here, "x" represents the original number of cards in Lamar's collection, and "decreased by seven" indicates that we are subtracting 7 from that total.