Question

the product of 8 and the sum of a number x and 3

Answer 1

Product means "Multiply"
Sum means "Add"

So we have two numbers:
1) 8
2) Sum of x and 3

Which means we have to multiply 8 and x+3

\[Answer = 8 \times (x+3)\]

Answer 2

thank you! that helped a bunch!