Shelly and Terrence earned points in a game by completing various tasks. Shelly completed x tasks and scored 90 points on each one. The expression below shows Terrence's total points in the game:

Question

90x − 20

What does the constant term of the expression represent?

Answer 1

The constant term in the expression is -20. In this context, it represents the initial or fixed points that Terrence has before completing any tasks.