The phrase is "y reduced by 5".
5 less than y
5-k
A variable is a letter that represents a number. An expression that contains at least one variable is called variable expression, also called algebraic expression. A variable expression has one or more terms. A term is a number, a variable, or a product of numbers and variables. For example,3(x^2)y + 2xy + x - 7 is a variable expression, where you have 4 terms.When working with variable expression, you often use the substitution principle:If a = b, then a may be replaced by b in any expression.The set of numbers that a variable may be represent is called replacement set, or domain, of the variable. To evaluate a variable expression, you replace each variable with one of its values and simplify the numerical expression that results.Example: Evaluate the expression 2x - 4y for x = 5 and y = -9.Solution:2x - 4y= 2(5) - 4(-9)= 10 + 36=46
The variables in such expressions are letters, or some other special symbol (for example, Greek letters, or a combination of letters) - in this case, it's "t".
The phrase is "y reduced by 5".
5 less than y
N + 5 With "N" being the variable.
12
2
In the expression 5-4t it is t that is the variable
-2
In the expression 5x + 3, the coefficient is 5.
An expression for Sally gave away 5 apples is Sally - 5, or S-5. This is saying that S, or Sally, lost 5 apples.
5 = x
Ineqality
In the expression 5 + y + 8, y is a variable. We know how much 5 and 8 are, those are definite quantities. Only y has an unknown, and hence variable value.