SOLUTION: CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS WORD PROBLEM?>>>>THE QUOTIENT OF 14 AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NUMBER AND -7

Question 486388: CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS WORD PROBLEM?>>>>THE QUOTIENT OF 14 AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NUMBER AND -7
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
your verbal expression is:

the quotient of 14 and the difference between a number and -7

quotient has to do with division.
there's a dividend (the number that is being divided into by the divisor).
there's a divisor (the number that divides into the dividend).
there's a quotient (the result of the division).

example:
14/2 = 7

14 is the dividend
2 is the divisor
7 is the quotient.

your problem states:

THE QUOTIENT OF 14 AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NUMBER AND -7

if we let x represent the number, then:

the difference between x and (-7) becomes (x-(-7)) which becomes (x+7).

the quotient of 14 and (x+7) becomes 14/(x+7)

here's a reference that should be helpful for you to translate verbal expressions into algebraic expressions.

http://www.delmar.edu/math/MLC/Forms/Translating_Verbal_Expressions.pdf

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