Translate: The difference between three times a number and four plus five times the number.
a. 3x - 4 + 5x
b. 3(x-4) + 5x
c. 3(x-4+5x)
d. 3x+4-5x
Is the answer A ?
Yep....."a" is correct......(this is a tough one to interpret)
3x+4+5x
yes, it is a. although, you can combine like terms and make it
8x+4
(the 8x is from 3x+5x)
Yes "a" is the correct answer