Which of the following best describes the algebraic expression 15x + 8? a. the sum of fifteen times a number and eight b. the product of fifteen plus a number and eight c. fifteen times the sum of a number and eight d. fifteen times the quantity of a number plus 8

A.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given algebraic expression :

We can see that the constant term here is .

The variable term is .

The operation used here = Addition

To convert any algebraic expression into a statement we represent the variable i.e. x by word "number".

Then the variable term is represented as : Fifteen times a number

Therefore, the best describes the given algebraic expression will be :-

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or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!