How do you translate word phrases to algebraic expressions: eleven minus two times a number is 3?
1 Answer
Feb 23, 2016
11 - 2n = 3
Explanation:
let the number be n then ' two times the number' is 2n.
and 'eleven minus two times the number' is 11 - 2n
'eleven minus two times a number is 3' means equal to 3.
hence : 11 - 2n = 3
