document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=486388>Question 486388</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS WORD PROBLEM?>>>>THE QUOTIENT OF 14 AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NUMBER AND -7 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #332474 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=332474\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your verbal expression is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the quotient of 14 and the difference between a number and -7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "quotient has to do with division.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there's a dividend (the number that is being divided into by the divisor).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there's a divisor (the number that divides into the dividend).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there's a quotient (the result of the division).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14/2 = 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14 is the dividend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 is the divisor<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 is the quotient.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your problem states:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THE QUOTIENT OF 14 AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NUMBER AND -7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if we let x represent the number, then:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the difference between x and (-7) becomes (x-(-7)) which becomes (x+7).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the quotient of 14 and (x+7) becomes 14/(x+7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here's a reference that should be helpful for you to translate verbal expressions into algebraic expressions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<a  rel=nofollow HREF= \"http://www.delmar.edu/math/MLC/Forms/Translating_Verbal_Expressions.pdf\" target = \"_blank\">http://www.delmar.edu/math/MLC/Forms/Translating_Verbal_Expressions.pdf</a>\r<BR>\n" );
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