Question

Which expression represents, six times a number plus 8 times a number?


48(ab)

6a + 8

6 + 8 + a + b

6a + 8b

Answer 1

correct answer is 6a+8b

Answer 2

Let us solve the equation step by step to get the right expression.

Since two numbers given in the equation, we can assign two variable such as a and b.

Six times a number means 6a and 8 times a number represents 8b.

The plus denotes addition symbol.

Hence, join the two variables with this symbol and get as 6a + 8b.