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algebraic expression

American  
[al-juh-brey-ik ik-spresh-uhn] / ˈæl dʒəˌbreɪ ɪk ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən /

noun

Mathematics.
  1. a symbol or a combination of symbols used in algebra, containing one or more numbers, variables, and arithmetic operations.

    how to solve algebraic expressions.


Etymology

Origin of algebraic expression

First recorded in 1730–40

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Translate to an algebraic expression and simplify if possible: the quotient of −56 and −7.

From Textbooks Apr. 22, 2020

TRY IT : : 1.122 Translate to an algebraic expression and simplify if possible: the quotient of −72 and −9.

From Textbooks Apr. 22, 2020

Translate to an algebraic expression and simplify if possible: the product of −2 and 14.

From Textbooks Apr. 22, 2020

Any variable in an algebraic expression may take on or be assigned different values.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

And the mathematician finds in it a new beauty, from its marvellous correspondence with the motions of a pendulum,—the algebraic expression of the two being identical.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 by Various

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