SOLUTION: what is the correct way to write 'one-half the product of eight and a number'?

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Question 523767: what is the correct way to write 'one-half the product of eight and a number'?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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'one-half the product of eight and a number'
Replace the words "a number" by "N"

'one-half the product of eight and N'
Replace the word "one-half" by 1%2F2

'1%2F2 the product of eight and N'
Replace the words "the product of 8 and N" by "8N"

1%2F28N
Multiply 1%2F2 by the 8 and get 4 and put the N beside it, and get

4N
Edwin