Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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1. Algebraic Expressions
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Exercise 33 Page 356

What operation does twice represent?

Example Variable: Let j represent the number of Jacob's goals.
Example Expression: 2 * j

Practice makes perfect

We are asked to define a variable and write an algebraic expression for the given sentence.

Kumar has twice the number of goals as Jacob.

In this case, we want to write an expression representing the number of Kumar's goals. The key phrase in the sentence is ... twice ... This indicates that we should multiply something by 2. 2 * ... The term that is being multiplied by 2 is the number of Jacob's goals. Let j represent the number of Jacob's goals. 2 * j Note that this is only one of the multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.