The product of 5 and the difference of 1 and a number I need help with this translated in to equation

Question

I need help with translating this to a equation

Answer 1

So we have a product, so that means we have multiplying:

5 *

The other thing we're multiplying is the difference of 1 and a number--a variable:

1 - x

Order of operations say that multiplication happens before subtraction, so in order for the subtraction to happen first, we need to place it in parentheses:

(1 - x)

That gives us the following:

5(1 - x)