SOLUTION: How do you make this an algerbraic expression..five inches less than eight times your height in inches

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Question 351614: How do you make this an algerbraic expression..five inches less than eight times your height in inches
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let h = your height

So "five inches less than eight times your height" translates to 8h-5