Algebra1 Glencoe CCSS Edition page 15 problem 69

Question

Write a verbal expression for given algebraic expression.

14 - 9c

Answer 1

Step:1

The word minus indicates subtraction and the symbol is ().

Let “c” represent the number.

The word times indicates multiplication and the symbol is ().

The word “nine times a number” represents “9c”.

Thus the verbal expression is “fourteen minus nine times the number ”

Solution:

The verbal expression is “fourteen minus nine times the number ”.