4(x + y) is the translation of 4 times the sum of x and y.; this is unequivocal!
4x + y is the translation of 4 times x and y...but this could EASILY be misinterpreted to mean 4(x + y)
August S.
asked • 11/01/18xplain the difference between “4 times the sum of x and y” and “the sum of 4 times x and y.”
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