Question

How do you translate "25 less than the quotient of w and 5" into an algebraic expression?

Answer 1

`w/5 - 25`
`color(white)("XXXX")`...probably (see below)

Explanation:

The quotient is the result of dividing one value by another value:

`color(white)("XXXX")` `"dividend"/"divisor" = "quotient"`

The difficulty here is in the phrasing. Normally we would say "the quotient of `w` divided by `5`. As stated, it is unclear which is the dividend and which is the divisor ; so, one might argue that
`color(white)("XXXX")` `5/w -25`
is an equally valid answer.