Question

How do you write a verbal expression for the algebraic expression \[4\left( 2x-7 \right)\]?

Answer 1

Hint: To write an algebraic expression to verbal form, we have to break the equation into parts. Analyzing each of the parts, and then writing the verbal meaning of the part. After doing this for each part, by combining the verbal meanings. We can write the verbal expression for the given algebraic expression.

Complete answer:
We are given the equation \[4\left( 2x-7 \right)\], we have to write the verbal expression form for it. To do this let’s break the given algebraic equation into parts, and find their verbal meaning.
The first part will be \[4\left( {} \right)\], this part represents the product of the number 4 and with the entities inside the bracket.
The next part will be the terms inside the bracket, \[2x\]. This term represents twice the value of a number \[x\].
The last part will be \[-7\], this represents 7 is being subtracted from a value. Here the value is twice of a number \[x\], that is \[2x\].
We can find the verbal expression by joining the verbal meaning of each part of the expression. By joining all the verbal meanings, we get the verbal expression as,
The product of the number 4, with the difference between two times a number and 7. This is the verbal expression.

Note: One should also know how to write an algebraic expression to verbal expression. This can be done similarly, breaking the verbal expression into parts and then writing an algebraic expression for each part.