How do you write the expression: The product of 6 and the difference of 6 and a number?

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Psykolord1989 .
Dec 9, 2017

#6*(6-x)#

Explanation:

As the problem is worded, it wishes for us to find the product of two quantities. The first quantity is simply 6, while the second quantity is the difference of 6 and some unknown number. If we call this number x, then this second quantity is #(6-x)#.

Note that you could also write #x-6#, but since the 6 was listed first in the description of our second quantity, one traditionally would use the 6 as the first term of the difference.

Making the product...

#6*(6-x)#

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