Question

Which equation represents this number sentence? Two more than one-third of a number is 8

2+13n+8=0

2+13n=8

(2+13)n=8

2=13n+8

Answer 1

Two more means something + 2
One third = 1/3
Of a number is some undefined number i.e. a variable
is 8 just means mean = 8

Can you figure this out?

Answer 2

B.
`2+(1)/(3)n=8`

Explanation:

Let n be the number.

We are asked to write an mathematical expression for the given word phrase.

One third of a number, n, would be
`(1)/(3)n`.

Two more than one third of a number, n, would be
`2+(1)/(3)n`.

We are told that Two more than one-third of a number is 8. We can represent this information in an equation as:

`2+(1)/(3)n=8`

Therefore, option B is the correct choice.