Prealgebra (7th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 3 - Review - Page 205: 43

Answer

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Work Step by Step

"Product" indicates multiplication. "Decreased by" indicates subtraction. A variable with a coefficient is implied multiplicaction. The comma before the "decreased by" phrase tells you that the subtraction is done after the multiplication.
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