Question

How do you write the verbal phrase given: \[3x+10\]?

Answer 1

Hint: From the question given, we have been asked to write the verbal phrase for the given expression \[3x+10\]. To write the given expression in a verbal phrase, we have to know the meanings of the symbols we use in the expression. By learning the meanings of the symbols which we use in the expression, we can write the verbal phrase for the given question very easily.

Complete step by step answer:
From the question given, the expression to write into verbal phrase is, \[3x+10\]
In the above expression, plus symbol in the above given expression indicates that “more than” or “increased by” or “is added to”
Also, in the above expression, \[3x\] means three times of \[x\]. \[x\] represents a number.
Now, putting these phrases together gives the verbal phrase for the given expression.
“ \[10\] more than three times a number”
“Three times a number is increased by \[10\]”
“ \[10\] is added to three times a certain number”
Therefore, above written three lines are the verbal phrases for the given expression in the question.

Note: We should be well aware of the concept of verbal phrases. Also, we should be very careful while writing the verbal phrase. To write the verbal phrase for the given expression we should know the meanings and indications of the symbols which we use in writing the mathematical expression. Also, we should be very careful while combining the individual phrases and writing the full verbal phrase for the given expression in the question. Similarly we can represent $2q+5$ as “$5$ is added to $2$ times of $q$ “.