3. Real Numbers and the Number Line
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What operation does the sum of
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14+x
the sum of ... and ...This indicates that we should add two things.
... + ... The two terms that we are adding together are: 14 and an arbitrary number x. Since 14 comes first in the verbal expression, it should be on the left-hand side of the addition. We can now complete our expression. the sum of & 14 and x 14 + x Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.