The product of 8 and three less than a number

Question

Change the worse phrase to an algebraic expression. Use X to represent the number.

Answer 1

Hi Mateo,

The product of two factors: 8 and three less than x. The second factor can be written: x minus 3 = x-3.

Thus the equivalent algebraic expression is the product: 8 * (x - 3) or simply 8x - 24 using the distributive property.

Note the parentheses which in this case tell us to use the distributive property. A very common error in algebra is to forget the parentheses..

Robert

Answer 2

This is a confusingly worded question. I believe it's saying the product (multiplication) of 8 and (a number minus 3)

y = 8*(x-3)