document.write( "Question 53240: Can someone help me on this problem?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " I need to write the following phrase using symbols. I need to use the variable x to represent the number:
\n" ); document.write( " Eight less than three times a number. Is it:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " (A) 3(8 -x)
\n" ); document.write( " (B) 3(x -8)
\n" ); document.write( " (C) 3x -8 or
\n" ); document.write( " (D) 8 - 3x\r
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B. 3(x-8) \n" ); document.write( "

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