How do you translate "five times the sum of a number and -3" into an algebraic expression?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-22T04:08:50

#5(x-3)#.

"Five times" means #5(...),# "the sum of a number, say #x#, and #-3#", means"{(x+(-3)}=(x-3)#.

Taking all these together, the reqd. Algebraic Expression turns out to be #5(x-3)#.

Answer 2 · 2016-08-25T16:52:27

#5(x-3)#

The word "SUM" means the answer to an "ADDITION".

"SUM" is always used with the word "AND" to indicate which numbers are being added.

The SUM of a number AND -3 is written as: #(x+(-3)) , or (x-3)#

(where we have chosen the number to be #x#.)

But we want FIVE of those sums; this means:

#5(x-3)#