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- à 9.4 Translating a sentences into an Equation.
- äïPlease translate the following written sentences and
- solve.
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- âïTranslate and solve the following sentence.ï"Two times a
- number added to eight is equal to eighteen."
- êêêë2x + 8ï=ï18
- èAdd -8 to both sides.ë -8ë-8
- #êêêë─────────────
- êêêë2xë =ï10
- êêêë xë =ï5ëThe number is 5.
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- éSèTranslating a written sentence into an equation involves
- changing words into symbols.ïIn order to translate, "Two times a
- number added to eight is equal to eighteen," you should let "x"
- represent the "number" and make the following translations.
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- êêë Two times a numberè...è2∙x
- êêë added to eightê...è+ 8
- êêë is equal toêè...è=
- êêë eighteenêë ...è18
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- The translation is the equation, 2∙x + 8ï=ï18.ïOnce the equation is
- translated, you can then solve it as was done in the last section.
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- êêêêêï2x + 8ï=ï18
- êë Add -8 to both sides.ê-8ë-8
- #êêêêêï─────────────
- êêêêêï2xë =ï10
- êè Multiply by 1/2.ê(1/2)∙2xï=ï(1/2)∙10
- êêêêêë xï=ï5
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- Thus, the number described in the original sentence is 5.
- ï1èTranslate and solve.
- êë When three times a number is added to eighteen, the
- êêresult is twenty-seven.
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- êèA)ï3êèB)ï-6êïC)ï2êèD)ïå
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- üêêêêï3x + 18ï=ï27
- êë Add -18 to both sides.ë-18è -18
- #êêêêê ──────────────
- êêêêê 3xê=è9
- êè Multiply by 1/3.ë (1/3)∙3xï=ï(1/3)∙9
- êêêêêëxï=ï3
- êêêè The number is 3.
- ÇïA
- ï2èTranslate and solve.
- êë The sum of four times a number and six is equal to
- êêtwenty-two.
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- êèA)ï4êèB)ï-6êïC)ï8êèD)ïå
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- üêêêêï4x + 6ï=ï22
- êë Add -6 to both sides.ë -6ë-6
- #êêêêê ──────────────
- êêêêê 4xë =ï16
- êè Multiply by 1/4.ë (1/4)∙4xï=ï(1/4)∙16
- êêêêêëxï=ï4
- êêêêêThe number is 4.
- ÇïA
- ï3èTranslate and solve.
- êë If seven is subtracted from three times a number, the
- êêresult is fifteen.
- êêè2êë 1êê 1
- #êèA)ï-5 ─êB)ï7 ─ê C)ï-9 ─êD)ïå
- êêè3êë 3êê 3
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- üêêêêï3x - 7ï=ï15
- êë Add 7 to both sides.ê 7ë 7
- #êêêêê ──────────────
- êêêêê 3xë =ï22
- êè Multiply by 1/3.ë (1/3)∙3xï=ï(1/3)∙22
- êêêêêëxï=ï22/3 or 7 1/3
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- ÇïB
- ï4èTranslate and solve.
- êë If five is subtracted from a number, the result is
- êêminus twenty-three.
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- êèA)ï-24ê B)ï6êèC)ï-18ê D)ïå
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- üêêêêïx - 5ï=ï-23
- êë Add 5 to both sides.ê5ê5
- #êêêêê ──────────────
- êêêêê xë =ï-18
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- êêêè The number is -18.
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- ÇïC
- ï5èTranslate and solve.
- êë If three times a number is subtracted from eighteen,
- êêthe result is twenty-four.
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- êèA)ï-2êïB)ï-6êïC)ï12êïD)ïå
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- üêêêêè18 - 3xï=ï24
- êëAdd -18 to both sides.ï-18êï-18
- #êêêêêï──────────────
- êêêêêë-3xï=ï6
- êëMultiply by -1/3.è (-1/3)∙(-3x)ï=ï(-1/3)∙6
- êêêêêïxï=ï-2
- êêêêêïThe number is -2.
- ÇïA
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