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Write the following sentences in algebraic language:x is 0.28 of y.p is smaller than s by 40.

User Jawad Ahbab
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We need to convert the folloowing in algebraic terms:

"x is 0.28 of y"

The word "of" normally translates as a multiplication in math terms. Also the words "is" or "was" or "becomes" get translated via the equal sign: "="

So we write:

x = 0.28 * y

where the symbol * I am using to denote multiplication.

The expression: "p is smaller than s by 40"

Means that p is the smaller number. And that s is the largest with a difference between them of 40 units.

That is going to be translated in algebraic words as:

p = s - 40

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