How do you write the phrase as an algebraic expression: Twelve times a number?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-12T00:00:20

#12 xx n#

or

#12 * n#

or

#12n#

First, let's call our number #n#.

Then "times" can be represented a couple of ways. Either #xx# or #*#

So, twelve times our number #n# can be written as:

#12 xx n# or #12 * n# or #12n#