How do you write a verbal expression for the algebraic expression $4d^3-10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-10T15:48:04

Ten less than four times the cube of a number.

$4d^3color(blue)(−10)$
$color(blue)(10 " less than" ) color(white)("X")4d^3$

$"10 less than"color(white)("X") 4color(red) (d^3)$
$"10 less than"color(white)("X")4color(blue)(" a number cubed")$

$"10 less than " color(green)(4)" a number cubed"$
$"10 less than " color(green)("four times")" a number cubed"$

$color(brown)(10)" less than four times a number cubed"$
$color(brown)("Ten")" less than four times a number cubed"$

How do you write a verbal expression for the algebraic expression 4d^3-104d^3-10?