SOLUTION: The sum of four times a number and three is eleven. How do you write that equation?

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Question 345084: The sum of four times a number and three is eleven. How do you write that equation?
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start by making the translation from English to math.
"The sum" means to add.
"Four times a number" means 4 times an unknown number, which we usually call 'x'. So, it is 4x.
That is the first element of the "sum."
"and 3" means +3.
"is eleven" means = 11.
So, we have the parts of the addition now:
4x+%2B+3+=+11
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Done.