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When translating the phrase "twice the quantity of four more than three times a number"on students wrote the expression 2*3x+4

The student is a. right b. wrong because the expression a. matches the words b. is missing an exponent c. uses multiplication instead of division d. is missing parentheses around the sum

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It is wrong because the equation is missing parentheses around the sum

When it says "the quantity of..." it always means parentheses. The correct equation is 2(3x+4)
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