Question

how could u do this in a essay
nathan age can be described as 5 more than 3 times his son ages.if his son age is represented by the variable "s" write the algebriac expression representing nathans age using"s"

Answer 1

5 "more" than something indicates addition. 3 "times" something of course is multiplication. Can you try to write an expression using this information?

Answer 2

okay so is
nathan age is 5s times 3s

Answer 3

the variable is first multiplied by 3, then 5 is added to that.

Answer 4

okay am confused

Answer 5

So the age of the son is s. Nathan's age is 3 times s plus an additional 5.

Answer 6

nathans son is 3s more than nathans 5s

Answer 7

Nathan's son is just s. Let's break it down into 2 steps. First show me how you would express three times s.

Answer 8

u want me to be honest i have no idea

Answer 9

let me tell u i never thou going back to school was going to be so difficult

Answer 10

That's ok. To multiply a variable by a certain number, you make that number a coefficient of the variable. Or in simpler terms, you put that number in front of the variable... so three times the variable s would be what?

Answer 11

9

Answer 12

9s

Answer 13

we are multiplying s by 3

Answer 14

So 3 would be you coefficient.

Answer 15

With 3 as your coefficient of s, you have part of Nathan's age.

3 times his son's age is 3s

So if you want to add 5 to 3s, how would you write that?