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TheLanguageof

Mat
hemat
ics
G
RAD
EDAS
SES
SME
NT:

A.Tr
ansl
atet
hef
oll
owi
ngphr
ases/st
atement

Gi
ven Tr
ans
lat
ion

.
1.Anumberl
ess8. Letx
=number

Lessmeans(
minusor-
)

Anumberl
ess8=x-
8

2.Thesquar
eoft
hesum of8anda Letx
=number
number.
Sum meansaddi
ti
on(
or+)

Thesquar
eoft
hesum of8andanumber
=2(
8+x)

3.
Aman'
sage15y
ear
sago. Letx
=age

Agomeansmi
nus(
or-
)

Aman'
sage15y
ear
sago=x-
15

4Thesum oft
hreeconsecut
iveodd Consecut
iveoddnumber1,
3,
5
number
s.
Let1bet
hef
ir
str
epr
esent
edbyx

1=1=x

3=1+2=x
+2

5+1+4=x
+4

Thesum oft
hreeconsecut
iveodd
number
s=x+(x+2)
+(x+4)

5.
rper
centofxpesos. rper
centofx
=(
x)(
r)/
100

=xr
/100

6.I
fai
slesst
hanzer
othentheabsol
ute a<0,
|-a|
=-a
val
ueofaist
henegat
iveofa.

7.
Forev
erysetempt
yseti
sit
ssubset
. Supposedt woset sA andB, letA=∅ .
By
defini
tion,A isasubsetofBi fandonlyi
f
everyel ementi nA i salsoinB. Thi
s
meanst hatA woul dnotbeasubsetofB
i
ft hereex i
stsanel ementi nAt hati
snot
i
nB. Howev er,therearenoelementsin
A.Thismeanst herecannotexistan
el
ementi nAt hatisnoti nB.Thus,Aisa
subsetofB. SinceA=∅ andBi san
arbitr
aryset, t
he∅ mustbeasubsetof
al
l sets.

8.
(x+y
)2. Thesum oft
hesquar
eoft
wonumber
s

9.
3m,
nEZ,
m+n=0. Ther
eexistt
wodi
sti
ncti
nteger
swher
e
sum i
szero

10.
VaER,
3-a;
a+(
-a)=0. Foral
lrealnumber
,t
herei
sasetof
negat
ivenumberwheresum i
szer
o

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