Question

Help I don’t get this

Directions: Write rack of the following statements using a symbolic language.


2. A number is four times larger than the square of half the number.

3. Steven has some money. If he spends $9.00, then he will have of the amount he started with.

4
The sum of a number squared and three less than twice the number is 129.

5. Miriam read a book with an unknown number of pages. The first week, she read five less than of the pages. The
second week, she read 171 more pages and finished the book. Write an equation that represents the total number
of pages in the book

Answer 1

2.)4n>(n/2)^2

3. (The problem isn't clear)

4.)n^2+2n-3=129

5.)n-5=171

Explanation:

2.)

4n(four times the number) >(larger than) (n/2)^2 (half the number squared)

4.)

Sum=addition

n^2 (number squared) +2n (twice the number)-3=129

5.)

N(unknown number of pages) -5(amount of pages already read)= 171(the number of pages it took her to finish)