document.write( "Question 941940: Write an expression that represents\" six less than 3 times the sum of a number n and seven \n" ); document.write( "
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six less than 3 times the sum of a number n and seven
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document.write( "We put in a parentheses around \"the sum of a number n and seven\" \r\n" );
document.write( "and a bracket around 3 times (the sum of a number and 7)\":\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "six less than [3 times (the sum of a number n and seven)]
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document.write( "First we express what's in the parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"the sum of a number n and seven\" is expressed as n+7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So now we have:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "six less than [3 times (n+7)]
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document.write( "Now we express what's in the bracket:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3 times (n+7)\" is expressed as 3(n+7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "So now we have:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "six less than [3(n+7)]
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document.write( "To express six less than something we subtract 6 from it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That is the expression, not simplified.\r\n" );
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