The sentence is two hundred minus three times a number is equal to nine.

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Let “n” represent the number.

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

The word “times” indicates multiplication. So, three times n = 3n

The word “equal” can be represented as “” symbol.

Rewrite the sentence into expression as, \ \

Thus, the verbal expression “two hundred minus three times a number is equal

to nine” translates to “ 2003n = 9”

The equation is 2003n = 9.