Question 1011147
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eight | increased by | three | times | a number?
  &#8595;           &#8595;          &#8595;       &#8595;        &#8595;
  8           +          3       &#8729;        N
  &#8595;           

                       8 + 3&#8729;N

or you can leave out the dot for multiplication (times) and just have
                        
                        8 + 3N 

Edwin</pre>