Lesson: Basic Algebra - 16t01

Translating English into Math

What number is 16 more than the product of itself and six?

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What number is 16 more than the product of itself and six?
Translation:

…the product of itself and six: That’s the number in the question multiplied by six. We called the missing number x. So, the quantity described here is 6x.
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