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What arithmetic operations do less than
and the quotient of
suggest?
63/h-14
The phrase less than
indicates that we are performing a subtraction.
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The two terms we are subtracting are the quotient of two numbers and 14.
Since the expression is 14 less than the quotient
, it is the quotient we are subtracting from. Therefore, it should be on the left-hand side of the subtraction.
quotient
is the result of a division. The two numbers being divided are 63 and h. Note that it can be rewritten in a fraction form.
& 63 divided by a number h
& 63 ÷ h ⇔ 63/h
Let's summarize what we have found.
14 less than the quotient of 63 and h
63/h - 14
Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.