Exercise 1 Page 73

To translate the verbal expression into an algebraic expression, we need to first consider the meaning of the written phrase. The word quotient means that we should divide two things. For now, let blanks represent the two numbers.

$$\begin{array}{c}\frac{■}{■}\end{array}$$

The two terms we are dividing are $n$ and $6.$ Since $n$ comes first in the verbal expression, it should be found in the numerator. Since $6$ comes second, it will be in the denominator. We can now complete our expression.

$$\begin{array}{rl}\text{The quotient}& \text{of}n\text{and}6.\\ & \frac{n}{6}\end{array}$$

Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.