Question

Translate each sentence into an equation. Use x for the variable.
Three more than eight times a number is equal to 19.

Answer 1

3 + 8x = 19 is the equation for given sentence three more than eight times a number is equal to 19

Solution:

Given sentence is:

Three more than eight times a number is equal to 19.

We have to translate the sentence into an equation

Let us first break the sentence and find out the equation

Let "x" be the required number

Given that, Three more than eight times a number is equal to 19.

Here "more than" represents addition

"times" represents multiplication

eight times a number = $8 \times x$

So the required equation is:

Three more than eight times a number is equal to 19

$3 + 8 \times x = 19\\\\3 + 8x = 19$

Thus the required equation for given sentence is found