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

1 Answer
Mar 2, 2018

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