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Question 153420: hi! i am in pre ap in algebra and i have a question.......... my worksheet says to write an algebraic expression for each verbal expression........ so i have a question what does .....four times a number mean...... thats how the question looks like on my work sheet
Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you see:
"four times a number"
.
Since you don't know what the "number" is, you must assign it a variable:
Let x = a number
then you would have
4x (that's all there is to it)