Question

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.Eight less than the product of 14 and Mai's heightUse the variable m to represent Mai's height.

Answer 1

Given the expression;

"Eight less than the product of 14 and Mai's height"

We shall represent Mai's height by letter m.

The product of 14 and Mai's height shall be;

`\begin{gathered} 14* m \\ =14m \end{gathered}`

Eight less than this would now be written as;

`\begin{gathered} 8\text{ less than 14m} \\ 14m-8 \end{gathered}`

ANSWER:

`14m-8`