Question

A) List the Steps of the operations for each number trick B) Simplify the expression (If possible)5(x+7)/3

Answer 1

a)

The expression given is:

`(5(x+7))/(3)`

From this we can see that:

7 is added to a number, x

Then the whole thing is multiplied by 5 as shown by the parenthesis around it

Then the whole thing is divided by 3

So, the steps would be:

• Add 7 to the number

,

• Multiply by 5

,

• Divide by 3

b)

In order to simplify, we firsst distribute the 5:

`\begin{gathered} (5(x+7))/(3) \\ =(5x+35)/(3) \end{gathered}`

This can be the final form, or we can divide the two terms by 3 and leave it added together:

`\begin{gathered} (5x+35)/(3) \\ =(5x)/(3)+(35)/(3) \end{gathered}`