Translate this sentence into an equation:
171 Is the product of Gail's score and 9
product ... multiply
is ... =
so, what do you think?
Let's represent Gail's score as "x". The equation for this sentence would be:
171 = x * 9
To translate the sentence "171 Is the product of Gail's score and 9" into an equation, you need to assign a variable to Gail's score.
Let's say we use the variable "x" to represent Gail's score.
The word "product" in this context means multiplication, so we can represent the equation as:
171 = x * 9
This equation states that the number 171 is equal to Gail's score multiplied by 9.