document.write( "Question 772247: A student says that the algebraic expression 5 plus x multiplied by 7 can also be written as 5 plus 7x. Is the student correct?explain. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Yes and no. \"5 plus x multiplied by 7\" is ambiguous and could mean either \"the quantity 5 plus x, multiplied by 7\" which would be rendered

or \"5 plus the quantity x multiplied by 7\" which would be rendered as

. So the answer to the question posed depends on whether the student is incorrectly asserting that

is the ONLY way to symbolically express the statement

, or if the student is correctly asserting that

is an alternative to

as a way to represent \"5 plus x multiplied by 7\" because of the aforementioned ambiguity.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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