How to write, Four times the difference of a number and 3 is the same as 7 times the sum of the number and 4, as an equation?

Answer 1

Hi Jenaya,

Let's use the variable, x , to represent the unknown number.

The text, "four times the difference of a number and 3" would be written as: 4(x - 3)

The text, "7 times the sum of the number and 4" would be written as: 7(x + 4)

The text, " is the same as" would be written as an equal sign: =

Now we can write the following equation to show this situation:

4(x - 3) = 7(x + 4)