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ACT Math: Elementary Algebra Drill 5, Problem 3. Translate this statement into symbols.
- Elementary Algebra / Variables to express relationships
- Product Type / ACT Math
- Foreign Language / Arabic Subtitled
- Foreign Language / Korean Subtitled
- Foreign Language / Spanish Subtitled
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- Elementary Algebra / Understanding algebraic operations
- Elementary Algebra / Using variables to express functional relationships
Transcript
- 00:02
That's a ssssspicy math-a problem!
- 00:06
Translate this statement into symbols: Five
- 00:08
less than the quotient of a number and two is not equal to 7.
- 00:14
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:21
OK so what is this question asking?
Full Transcript
- 00:25
We're just supposed to translate words into cymbals.
- 00:27
Er, these symbols.
- 00:29
We are told that we are going to take 5 less than the quantity that follows...
- 00:34
...we can make x the mysterious "number" referenced in the problem... which gets divided by 2.
- 00:40
Then we put these funky equals and slash signs in there to say it's NOT equal... and then
- 00:46
7 goes here.
- 00:47
And that's pretty much it. B.
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