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| Question 74338:  The product of 3 and a number decreased by 50.
 Answer by cathieb1225(41)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! The product of 3 and a number decreased by 50 Let x stand for the unknown number.
 Decreased is the same thing as subtraction.
 Product means that you are going to multiply by 3.
 So, the expression is 3(x-50)
 To simplify, use the distributive property and multiply both terms in the parentheses by 3
 The answer is 3x-150. This is as far as you can simplify it.
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