SOLUTION: Hope I am in the right place. My grandson is stumped. The book is from Holt, Rinehart, Winston. Sorry do not have ISBN. School copies pages. Question is this: The quotient of 12 a

Question 154925: Hope I am in the right place. My grandson is stumped. The book is from Holt, Rinehart, Winston. Sorry do not have ISBN. School copies pages.
Question is this: The quotient of 12 and the sum of 8 and 3 written as an algebraic expression. We came up with 8+3 over 12.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Question is this: The quotient of 12 and the sum of 8 and 3 written as an algebraic expression. We came up with 8+3 over 12.
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Quotient means "the result of dividing".
Sum means "the result of adding"
Ans: 12/(8+3)
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CHEERS,
sTAN H.
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