SOLUTION: which espression repsents the verbal phrase "the sum of three times a number and five "?
3(n+5)
3+n*5
3n+5
3+(n+5)
*=times
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Question 713216: which espression repsents the verbal phrase "the sum of three times a number and five "?
3(n+5)
3+n*5
3n+5
3+(n+5)
*=times
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the phrasing is ambiguous but it seems to mean 3n+5 because "the sum of" implies we need two quantities the first being three times a number and the second being 5
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