Explanation:
Chin correctly translated the following phrase into an algebraic expression.
“one-fifth less than the product of seven and a number”
We have to write a mathematical expression for Chin's phrase. Let x is teh number. The product of 7 and x = 7 x
An algebraic expression contains an integers, constants, variables and some algebraic operations such as addition, subtraction etc. One-fifth can be written as 1/5
So, the expression for the given phrase is
