Write the following phrase as a variable expression. Use x to represent "a number" the sum of a number and seventeen translation is:

Step-by-step explanation:

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Let represent "the number".

The sum of a number and seventeen

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start with a line segment pq that we will copy. mark a point r that will be one endpoint of the new line segment. set the compasses' point on the point p of the line segment to be copied. adjust the compasses' width to the point q. the compasses' width is now equal to the length of the line segment pq.

step-by-step explanation:

the answer is y < -3 or   y > 3

-3y > 7 + 2

-3 y > 9

y < -3