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Question 40246: can you please help me write an algebraic expression for the verbal expression, three times the sum of a and b increased by a?
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
three times the sum of a and b increased by a
3(a + b) + a