Which expression represents how many years are in x months?
A) 12x
B) 12 + x
C) x/12
D) 12/x***
3 , 36/12 so it would be x/12
Suppose you had 36 months.
How many years is that?
What operation did you do to get that answer.
Compare your steps with x months.
yes
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Translate the phrase to an algebraic expression.
Twelve, less one-fourth of a number.
X/12 is the answer
The correct expression that represents how many years are in x months is C) x/12.
To understand why this is the correct answer, let's break it down.
To calculate how many years are in x months, we need to divide the number of months (x) by the number of months in a year, which is 12.
Hence, the expression x/12 is the correct representation of how many years are in x months.