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please help me translate the phrase to an expression
Eight times the difference of a number and five.
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Question 390843:
please help me translate the phrase to an expression
Eight times the difference of a number and five.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Eight times the difference of a number and five.
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Let the number be "x".
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Expression: 8(x-5)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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