Question

Whats the the algebraic expression for "-8 times the quantity 4 decreased by w"?

Answer 1

`-8(4-w)`

Explanation:

"`color(red)("-8")` `color(blue)("times")` `color(green)("the quantity")` `color(brown)("4")` `color(orange)"decreased by"` `color(indigo)(w)`"

Can be expressed as

`color(red)(-8)color(blue)xxcolor(green)("(")color(brown)(4)color(orange)-color(indigo)wcolor(green)(")")`

The `-8` can be distributed to simplify the expression further, but it's not necessary.

`-32+8w`