What operations do the quotient of and the product of represent?
12/5t
Practice makes perfect
We are asked to make an algebraic expression for the given verbal expression. The key phrases are the quotient of and the product of.
Let's first rewrite "the quotient of 12 and ...".
This indicates that we should divide 12 by the rest of the verbal expression.
12/
Finally, we have the second key phrase, "the product of ... and ...".
&... * ...
The verbal expression tells us that we should multiply 5 by an arbitrary number t.
& the product of 5 and t
& 5 * t
Also, when multiplying a number by a variable, we can omit the multiplication sign giving us 5t.
We can use it as the denominator of our division to complete the algebraic expression.
the quotient of 12 and the product of 5 and t [1em]
12/5 t
