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Algebra practice question
Which equation states that three times a number n is 42?
- A. 3n = 42Correct
- B. n + 3 = 42
- C. n/3 = 42
- D. n − 3 = 42
Answer: A. 3n = 42
"three times a number" is 3n.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. n + 3 = 42
- This adds 3.
- C. n/3 = 42
- This divides by 3.
- D. n − 3 = 42
- This subtracts 3.
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