Question

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression. Five more than the product of 8 and Vanessa's savings Use the variable v to represent Vanessa's savings.

Answer 1

Explanation:

so, what's the difficulty ?

the product of two things means a multiplication. something times something else.

the product of 8 and Vanessa's savings is therefore expressed as ("×" is the multiplication symbol)

8 × v

and five more than that means just to add 5 to that.

so, in total, we have

8 × v + 5

remember that multiplications and divisions must be executed before any +/- operations (except for any brackets telling us otherwise).