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The word quotient
indicates division.
Example Solution: n/6
quotientmeans that we should divide two things. For now, let blanks represent the two numbers.
â– /â– 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. The quotient &of n and 6. [0.8em] & n/6 Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.