<PRE><B>Question 268875</B>
write alggebraic expressions for the follolwing
 3 times the quantity of a number plus 8,
3x + 8
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 3 times the sum of a number and 8,
3(x+8)
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 half of the diffrence of the squares of a and b,
{{{1/2}}}(a^2 - b^2)
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five times a number is the same as that number squared
5x = x^2</PRE>