Question

How do you translate "5 more than 3 times a number w" as an algebraic expression?

Answer 1

`5+3xxw`

Explanation:

You have to "translate" the English sentence into math:

`stackrel5 overbrace"5" stackrel+ overbrace"more than" stackrel3 overbrace"3" stackrel(xx) overbrace" times " stackrelw overbrace("a number " w)`

So the expression is:

`5+3xxw`