DY=20 can be read as what ?

Question

answers the product of two numbers is twenty 

the sum of two numbers is twenty 

the difference of two numbers is twenty 

Answer 1

DY = 20

 

This means that D times Y equals 20.

 

Multiplication involves finding the PRODUCT of two (or more) numbers, so the answer is the first one, "the product of two numbers is twenty."

 

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Answer 2

When two or more variables (letters) are written together, the operation is multiplication. A "product" is the result of a multiplication.