which of the following Expressions could be interpreted as "a number times negative seven added to five equals two"?
2 answers:
Answer:
It depends on how you interpret the statement.
( x * -7 ) + ( 5 - 2 )
x * ( -7 + 5 ) - 2
Step-by-step explanation:
"a number times negative seven added to five equals two"
Let's set as our number.
So the statement would translate to:
To simplify, we might try to organize things by adding some parentheses. But that's when things start to get a little.....dicey.
Depending on how you interpret the original statement, both and
can satisfy the statement.
Herein lies our problem. Which of the two expressions is correct?
Well.....both of them, actually. It just depends on how you're interpreting the statement and what options you have available.
If you can only pick one, but all of the expressions are possible options, then you're kind of stuck.
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Answer:
B is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
Quadratic Expression (Standard Form) is:
To say it simply, the expression must have 2 as the highest degree.
This means that if there are any higher or lower degrees than 2 then they are not quadratic expression.
A choice is not quadratic expression because it has 1 as the highest degree.
B choice is correct because 2 is the highest degree.
C choice is wrong because 3 is the highest degree.
D choice is wrong because it is not a polynomial.
Therefore, B is correct.