To determine the quotient of 2 and the sum of a number and 1
If the number is represented by x the explanation of the expression is:
The first operation given is in the form of "The quotient of a and b," which means a/b. In this case, a is two and b is the sum of a number and one. If I were to rewrite that sentence with parentheses as if it were an expression, it would look like this:
The quotient of (two) and (the sum of a number and one)
So we've determined that we're dividing two by the sum of a number and one. We can represent the latter as x+1. So, overall, we get 2/(x+1) as the mathematical expression of this sentence
Hence the final answer is 2/x+1