SOLUTION: please help me translate the phrase to an expression Eight times the difference of a number and five.

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Question 390843:
please help me translate the phrase to an expression
Eight times the difference of a number and five.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Eight times the difference of a number and five.
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Let the number be "x".
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Expression: 8(x-5)
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Cheers,
Stan H.