SOLUTION: 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.

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Question 104028: 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.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The phrase "eight less" means something minus eight. The phrase "three times a number" looks like 3%2Ax (which reads 3 times x). So 8 less than 3x is


3x-8

So this word problem translates into this algebraic expression