Question

six times the difference between y and eight

Answer 1

(6)(y-8)

Answer 2

what writeon said

Answer 3

you can write
\[6y-48\] if you like

Answer 4

thanks. i just cant understand translating terms.. its soooo freaking confusing ...

Answer 5

try it with numbers.

Answer 6

how? when i dont know waht the phrases mean.. liike 6 times the difference.. it doesnt make sense to me.

Answer 7

use ten
six times the difference of 10 and 8
10 - 8 = 2
6 times 2 = 12
so putting it together you computed
\[6\times (10 - 8)\] then replace 10 by x

Answer 8

start with the last part of the statement. how do you write the difference between y and 8? difference is another way of saying subtraction. so you get: y-8

Answer 9

it is true that we don't speak english the way we write math.
times is easy enough, but sometimes people write "produce" which means the same thing

"difference" usually means " - "

Answer 10

*product not "produce"!

Answer 11

you are 20, your mother is 45 the difference of your ages is 25 ( i am making an example)
how did we get the 25? 45 - 20

Answer 12

once you have the differnce part figured out, go back to the first part. Six times, which also means multiplication. So you read it as 6 multiplied by y-8. Then you can write it as 6 x (y-8) or (6)(y-8).

Answer 13

okay so then would x divided by the sum of x and 1 would be

Answer 14

yes. :)

Answer 15

awesome. hopefully the understanding part will kick in more n stay there in my head! haha.. tryin to bring my grade up quickly before finals .

Answer 16

lol. me too. what level math are you in?

Answer 17

pre-algebra

Answer 18

and that understanding just went down the pooper.. UGH why cant math be simple adding and subtraction and leave it at that!!

Answer 19

wait until you get to post algebra!

Answer 20

do you have another problem I could try and work thorugh with you?

Answer 21

yah i have tons. haha :(

Answer 22

ok. throw one out. :)

Answer 23

two more than the total of a number and five

Answer 24

Explanation: let's break it into two parts, like the first example.

Answer 25

total = x + 5?

Answer 26

yes. the two more part would mean +2. so then you add two to x+5

Answer 27

so would be like (x+5) + 2?

Answer 28

yes! :)

Answer 29

would you like to try another?

Answer 30

haha yes plz

Answer 31

ok. ask away!

Answer 32

six times the difference between a number and three. im guessing its 6(x-3)