document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=104028>Question 104028</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the following phrase using symbols.  Use the variable x to represent the number.	Eight less than three times a number.Help me with this please. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #75702 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=75702\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The phrase \"eight less\" means something minus eight. The phrase \"three times a number\" looks like <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (which reads 3 times x). So 8 less than 3x is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So this word problem translates into this algebraic expression  </SPAN>\n" );
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