Exercise 22 Page 22

What operations do "the difference between" and "the product of" represent?

4x-6

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The first key phrase is "the difference between ... and ..." This indicates that we should subtract two things. ... - ...The two terms that are involved in the subtraction are: "the product of ... and ..." and "6 ".

4 * a number-6 The phrase "a number" is indicating an arbitrary number or a variable. If we call this number x, we can complete our expression. the difference between the product of 4 and a number and 6 4 x - 6 Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.

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