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The lacrosse team sold ss team booster sweatshirts, and 1919 of them were adult sizes. Choose the expression that shows how many sweatshirts were not adult sizes.\newlineChoices:\newline(A) 1919\newline(B) s19s - 19\newline(C) s+19s + 19\newline(D) 19s19 - s

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Q. The lacrosse team sold ss team booster sweatshirts, and 1919 of them were adult sizes. Choose the expression that shows how many sweatshirts were not adult sizes.\newlineChoices:\newline(A) 1919\newline(B) s19s - 19\newline(C) s+19s + 19\newline(D) 19s19 - s
  1. Understand the problem: Step 11: Understand the problem. The total number of sweatshirts sold is represented by ss. Out of these, 1919 are adult sizes. We need to find out how many were not adult sizes.
  2. Set up the expression: Step 22: Set up the expression. To find the number of non-adult size sweatshirts, subtract the number of adult size sweatshirts from the total number of sweatshirts sold. The expression is s19s - 19.
  3. Match with choices: Step 33: Match the expression with the given choices. The correct expression that represents the number of non-adult size sweatshirts is s19s - 19. This matches with choice (B).

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