Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 326

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Write a mathematical expression for the quantity described verbally.
-Eight less than four times a number $x$

• A) \(8 x - 4\)
• B) \(8 - 4 x\)
• C) \(8 x + 4\)
• D) \(4 x - 8\)

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Definitions:

Quantitative Variable

A variable that can be measured numerically and can vary in quantity, often used in statistical analysis to represent data points.

Histogram

Graphic representation of a frequency distribution using bars to represent each score or group of scores.

Interval Scale

A scale of measurement that shows the order of values and the exact differences between them, but without a true zero point.

Ordinal Scale

A scale of measurement where data is ordered, but the differences between data points cannot be assumed to be equal.