How do you translate "50 divided by a number h" into a mathematical expression?

1 Answer
David Drayer · EZ as pi
Aug 5, 2016

The expression is: #50/h#

Explanation:

An expression is a a mathematical sentence made up of terms.

To translate:" 50 divided by a number #h# is a term," where #h# is a variable. 50 is a constant.

'Divided by' means that the 50 is the numerator and the variable #h# is the denominator.

An equation is a statement that two expressions are equal.

If we were told that "50 divided by a number #h# is equal to 10", we would be able to write an equation and solve it.

#50/h = 10 " " rArr h = 5#

Related questions
See all questions in Variable Expressions
Impact of this question
5892 views around the world
You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License