SOLUTION: Translate into an equation. The variable y is equal to 3 more than 5 times the variable x? I have y=3+x(5) I do not think this is correct. If 7 is added to 3/5 of the variable

Question 484759: Translate into an equation. The variable y is equal to 3 more than 5 times the variable x? I have y=3+x(5) I do not think this is correct.
If 7 is added to 3/5 of the variable x, the result is equal to the variable y.
Thankyou
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just write an equation for exactly what it says
:
"The variable y is equal to 3 more than 5 times the variable x?"
y = 3 + 5x
usually written
y = 5x + 3
:
"If 7 is added to 3/5 of the variable x, the result is equal to the variable y."
7 + x = y
usually written
y = x + 7
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