How do you define a variable and write an expression for each phrase: 5 increased by the quotient of 4 and 5?

1 Answer
Jun 17, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, let's call the result we are looking for as nn:

Quotient means to divide. Therefore:

"the quotient of 4 and 5" can be written as:

4 -: 54÷5 or 4/545

We can now add this to "5 increased by" which means to add:

n = 5 + 4/5n=5+45

We can solve this as follows:

n = 5 + 4/5n=5+45

n = (5/5 xx 5) + 4/5n=(55×5)+45

n = 25/5 + 4/5n=255+45

n = (25 + 4)/5n=25+45

n = 29/5n=295