Translate the sentence into an equation.

Question

Three more than the product of a number and 2

 equals 5

.

Use the variable c

 for the unknown number. 

Answer 1

Three more than the product of a number and 2 equals 5

In this sentence

Three means 3

more than means addition, +

product means multiplication, in this case 2 and c

a number means c

equals means =

3 + 2c = 5