Question

How do you translate "50 divided by a number h" into a mathematical expression?

Answer 1

The expression is: `50/h`

Explanation:

An expression is a a mathematical sentence made up of terms.

To translate:" 50 divided by a number `h` is a term," where `h` is a variable. 50 is a constant.

'Divided by' means that the 50 is the numerator and the variable `h` is the denominator.

An equation is a statement that two expressions are equal.

If we were told that "50 divided by a number `h` is equal to 10", we would be able to write an equation and solve it.

`50/h = 10 " " rArr h = 5`