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ACT Math: Elementary Algebra Drill 5, Problem 3. Translate this statement into symbols.

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00:02

That's a ssssspicy math-a problem!

00:06

Translate this statement into symbols: Five

00:08

less than the quotient of a number and two is not equal to 7.

00:14

And here are the potential answers...

00:21

OK so what is this question asking?

00:25

We're just supposed to translate words into cymbals.

00:27

Er, these symbols.

00:29

We are told that we are going to take 5 less than the quantity that follows...

00:34

...we can make x the mysterious "number" referenced in the problem... which gets divided by 2.

00:40

Then we put these funky equals and slash signs in there to say it's NOT equal... and then

00:46

7 goes here.

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And that's pretty much it. B.

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