You Are Instructed to Subtract Four Points from Each Score

question 3

Multiple Choice

You are instructed to subtract four points from each score and find the sum of the resulting values.How would this set of instructions be expressed in summation notation?​

• A)​ΣX - 4
• B)​Σ (X - 4)
• C)​4 - ΣX
• D)​Σ(4 - X)

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Definitions:

Adenine

A purine base found in DNA and RNA, which pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA during the formation of nucleic acids.

Nucleotide

A basic building block of DNA and RNA, consisting of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.

Nitrogen Base

A component of nucleotides in DNA and RNA, which includes adenine, thymine (in DNA), uracil (in RNA), guanine, and cytosine.

Uracil

A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA, where it pairs with adenine and replaces thymine during DNA transcription.