SOLUTION: Write the corresponding algebraic expression or equation for the verbal statement. Let x represent the unknown number. 1 less than four times the sum of a number and 2

Question 1123048: Write the corresponding algebraic expression or equation for the verbal statement. Let x represent the unknown number.
1 less than four times the sum of a number and 2

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

"1 less than...": you are subtracting 1 from something else.

(???) - 1

***NOTE*** Beginning algebra students often want to try to translate each word or phrase into a mathematical symbol without paying attention to the meaning of the words. They end up translating "1 less than..." as "1 - ???" because the "less than" (the minus sign) comes after the "1". But clearly the meaning is that the 1 is what is being subtracted.

"1 less than four times...": you are subtracting the 1 from 4 times something else.

4*(???) - 1

"1 less than four times the sum of...": you are subtracting the 1 from 4 times the sum of two (or more) things.

4*(???+???) - 1

"1 less than four times the sum of a number and 2": the sum in the expression is the sum of the unknown number (x) and 2.

4*(x+2) - 1

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