Answer
$\frac{5}{x}-3$
Work Step by Step
Let the number be x.
"The quotient of five and a number" means that we divide 5 by x.
Then we subtract 3 from it.
Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13:
978-0-13417-894-3
Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Algebraic Expressions, Real Numbers, and Interval Notation - Exercise Set - Page 12: 12
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