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Write an equation that represents the statement "the

product of a number, x, and the number 7 is 42."

User Levent Tulun
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Hi! I'm happy to help!

This equation will be written like this

x×7=42

To make this easier to solve, we can use the inverse operation, division.

42÷7=x

42 divided by 7 is 6, so the answer is 6.

I hope this was helpful, keep learning! :D

User Ashish Dahiya
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Answer:

7x = 42

Explanation:

"Product" refers to multiplication and "is" refers to equal to.

User Samuel Poirier
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