1. Variables and Expressions
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What operation does minus
represent?
1-r/7
...minus.... This indicates that we should subtract.
... - ...
The two terms that we are subtracting are 1
and the quotient of r and 7.
Since the quotient
comes second in the verbal expression, it should be on the right-hand side of the subtraction.
1 minus the quotient of r and 7
1 - r/7
Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.