Which expression represents the pharse "ten less than the product of 5 and the sum of a number and 3"?

a. 10-5x+2
b. 5(x+20)-10
c. x+2
---- -10
5
d. 10-5(x+2)..

is the answer "b".

3 answers

Check what you typed for typos
(x+3)
then
5 (x+3)
then
5 (x+3) - 10

which is
5 x + 15 -10
which is
5x+5
sorry i my bad.... the last one is 3 .. i mean the question is..
Which expression represents the pharse "ten less than the product of 5 and the sum of a number and 2"?
then
5(x+2) - 10
= 5 x + 10 - 10
= 5 x