Translate verbal phrases and short contexts into algebraic expressions.
Translate grouped verbal phrases
Problem
Translate \(3\) times the sum of \(n\) and \(5\) into an algebraic expression.
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Build the named sum first, because “the sum of n and five” is one complete quantity. Enclose that quantity in parentheses, then apply the outside factor of three to the entire group. Distributing mentally provides a check that both terms, not just one, are multiplied.
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