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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP TRANSLATING SENTENCES INTO EQUATIONS

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP TRANSLATING SENTENCES INTO EQUATIONS-example-1
User Futurecat
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Answer:

5×(w + 7) = 4

Explanation:

w is the unknown number.

5 times something means multiply something 5 times.

a sum means adding things

so, the sum of a number and 7 is

w + 7

5 times that sum is then

5×(w + 7)

and that while thing is (equals) 4

5×(w + 7) = 4

by the way, solving that means

5w + 35 = 4

5w = -31

w = -31/5

User Reef
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Answer:

5(w + 7) = 4

Explanation:

Do one part of the sentence at a time until you write the entire sentence as an equation.

"Five times the sum of a number and 7 is 4."

The problem tells us to use w for the number, so we write w below.

w

"Five times the sum of a number and 7 is 4."

Now we move on to the part dealing with the sum of the number and 7. A sum is an addition, so we add 7 to the number w.

w + 7

"Five times the sum of a number and 7 is 4."

Now we take care of the part dealing with product of 5 and the sum.

5(w + 7)

"Five times the sum of a number and 7 is 4."

The last part is dealing with the part "is 4". The word "is" very often means "equals", so the entire expression we wrote is equal to 4.

5(w + 7) = 4

Answer: 5(w + 7) = 4

User Kostja
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