How do you translate "the difference of a number and eight, divided by 10" into a mathematical expression?

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How do you translate "the difference of a number and eight, divided by 10" into a mathematical expression?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-04T21:51:01

$\frac{x - 8}{10}$ $(x-8)/10$

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"The difference of an unknown number and $8$ $8$ :" difference means subtraction. An unknown number can be represented by a variable like $x$ $x$ .

$x - 8$ $x-8$

"...divided by $10$ $10$ :"

$\frac{x - 8}{10}$ $(x-8)/10$

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