translate the sum of eight and the product of two and x is twenty-four into an equation

Question

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Answer 1

In order to create an equation for a word problem you want to break the mathematical language into pieces and move one step at a time.

 

The sum of eight and the product of two and x is twenty four

 

Eight is the whole number 8

Sum means addition

 

So to start you have 8 +

 

                       Product means multiplication   So, 2 and x must be multiplied which looks like this: 2x

 

Now, we have  8 + 2x

 

Then, we look at  the word "is." Whenever you see the word is in a word problem you should know that is, is another way of saying = 

 

That means that the end of this equation should be =24

 

Putting this all together we have:

 

8 + 2x=24