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I need help write an algebraic expression to represent the following sentences.NUMBER 4

I need help write an algebraic expression to represent the following sentences.NUMBER-example-1
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Given the statement: "17 more than the product of 5 and a number", notice the second part "the product of 5 and a number" can be written like this:


5x

Since we have "17 more than the product...", this means that the expression would be:


5x+17

Therefore, the algebraic expression is 5x+17

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