Question

Erika wrotes the following word expression on the board. Twenty four less than x. Choose the following algebraic expression that is equivalent, then evalute when x = 30 A) 24 - x, 6 B) 24 - x, -6 C) x - 24, 6 D) x - 24, 54

Answer 1

$C;\text{ x-24, 6}$

Here, we want to express the word problem with an expression

Twenty four less than x means we are subtracting the value 24 from x

Mathematically, we have this as;

$x-24$

By substituting 30 for x, our expression becomes;

$30-24\text{ = 6}$