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75 - 3m in a word problem

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Johnny borrows a lemonade stand from Tom for M days at the price of $3 a day. How much would he make in total, if he made $75 a day?
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Answer:

75 - 3m = Seventy five less than three times a number.

Explanation:

We are given an algebraic expression 75 - 3m.

We need to write them in word form.

"m" standards for a unknown number which is called a variable.

"-" means less than or subtraction.

3m means "3 times m or 3 times a unknow number"

Therefore, the word form of 75 - 3m is "Seventy five less than three times a number."

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