A student claims that the expression “9 times the sum of a number and 13” is translated to the algebraic expression 9n + 13. Is

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vladimir2022 [97]

3 years ago

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A student claims that the expression “9 times the sum of a number and 13” is translated to the algebraic expression 9n + 13. Is

the student correct? If not, what is the correct expression?

Mathematics

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igor_vitrenko [27] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-23T00:26:24+03:00

igor_vitrenko [27]3 years ago

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The student is not correct. He should use parentheses like this 9(n+13). Without the parentheses, it means nine times n plus 13, but should be the sum of n plus 13 multiplied by 9.