Question

Write the phrase as an expression.Then evaluate when x=5 and y=20. The Quotient of 40 and the difference of a number y and 16.

Answer 1

Quotient is the answer in division. Difference is the answer in subtraction.

40
----------
( y - 16)


40 40
--------------- = ------------ = 10
(20 - 16) 4

Answer 2

For this case we have the following expression:

The Quotient of 40 and the difference of a number y and 16.

Writing the expression in algebraic form we have:

`(40)/(y-16)`

We observe that the expression does not depend on the variable x.

Therefore, substituting the value of y = 20 we have:

`(40)/(y-16) = (40)/(20-16) = (40)/(4) = 10`

Rewriting:

`(40)/(y-16) = 10`

Answer:

the phrase as an expression is:

`(40)/(y-16)`

For y = 20 the result is 10