McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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1. Variables and Expressions
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Exercise 7 Page 7

What operation does minus represent?

1-r/7

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The key word is ...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.