SOLUTION: Could you please write this out in an algebraic expression
Three times a number and 3/4 is equal to five times the product of a number and 2
by the way this is not a test i a
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Question 123173: Could you please write this out in an algebraic expression
Three times a number and 3/4 is equal to five times the product of a number and 2
by the way this is not a test i am math tutor but students are getting this wrong after i translate and i want to make sure the book is correct or possibly not. thanks you
Katy Hendry
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Three times a number and 3/4 is equal to five times the product of a number and 2
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As written, it is somewhat ambiguous:
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Does it mean 3(x + ) = 10x
or
does it mean 3x + = 10x
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It's a poorly written problem, no wonder students are have difficulty with it.
I would throw this one out.
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