Question

What does 6x mean?

6 times x


6 plus x


6 minus x


6 divided by x

Answer 1

"6 times x"

Explanation:

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In many algebraic equations and expressions, the multiplication sign is usually omitted, especially when there is a coefficient getting multiplied by a variable.

For example, if we were to write the expression '3 times y' we would write it as '
`3y`' and not '
`3 * y`' for efficiency.

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Answer 2

6 times x

Explanation:

6x can be written as (6)(x) which can be written as 6 *x, or 6 times x.

[] When you have two numbers next to each other like this, and one of them is a variable, you multiply them together.

[] While 6x can be written as 6 x x you can see it gets confusing as the multiplication sign looks a lot like the variable, so 6 x x can be written as 6x for this reason as well

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