SOLUTION: I'm not for sure how to set this problem up. The product of 6 times a number and fifteen is forty-two.

Question 845652: I'm not for sure how to set this problem up.

The product of 6 times a number and fifteen is forty-two.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just translate directly into symbols.
Let n be "a number".
----------that's it.
... the only real problem is the ambiguity in your description.

The imprecise language does not distinguish between (6n)+15 and 6(n+15). Where is the boundary of the "and"? Does the description want to mean, 6*n*15? That is, product of 6, n, and 15?

Not really a good exercise problem because it is not precise.
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