Answer: the expression 12f + 24 represents 12 times a quantity, added to 24.
Expplanation.
The <em>expression 12f + 24</em> is an algebraic <em>expression</em>, especifically a first degree binomial; this is, a polynomial of two terms, whose maximum power is 1.
The algebraic expressions are used to <em>represent</em> word statements in mathematical language.
You can analyze each term of the expression and then tell what the total expresssion represents:
The first term <em>12f</em>, where f is a variable with degree 1 (the exponent of the variable), <em>represents</em> the multiplication of a quantity (represented by the variable f) by 12.
24 is the constant term, it <em>represents</em> an constand addend.
Hence, the total <em>expression represents</em> the multiplication of a quantity by 12, and, after the multplication is done, added with 24.
