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Which of the following best describes the English expression the product of two and a number minus eleven

Which of the following best describes the English expression the product of two and a number minus eleven
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which of the following best describes the English expression the product of two and a number minus eleven

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That expression would usually be interpreted to mean
2n -11

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It is somewhat ambiguous, so could also be interpreted to mean
2(n -11)

Wording could be changed to remove the ambiguity, if one were interested in doing that.
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