How do you translate word phrases to algebraic expressions: four times a number decreased one is -29?
1 Answer
Feb 27, 2017
Se the entire translation process below:
Explanation:
First, let's call "a number":
Then, for "four times a number" we can write:
This expression "decreased by one" means to subtract one so we can write:
Now, this expression "is -29" means it equals -29 so we can write: