SOLUTION: What is an algebraic expression for the word phrase “The quotient of 4 and the difference and 𝑥 and 2”?

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Question 1105925: What is an algebraic expression for the word phrase “The quotient of 4 and the difference and 𝑥 and 2”?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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The phrase makes no sense grammatically; so there is no algebraic expression for it.

"the quotient of..."
"quotient" required two inputs, so we are looking for "quotient of a and b".

"the quotient of 4 and ...""
Okay; we have the first input. But the remaining phrase "the difference and x and 2" is nonsense.