Question

express the given statement as an algebraic expression
one - eighth the age, a

the statement \one - eighth the age, a\ can be expressed algebraically as

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the phrase

"One - eighth the age, a" means we need to find one - eighth of the value of \(a\).

Step2: Translate to algebra

To find one - eighth of a number, we multiply the number by \(\frac{1}{8}\). So, one - eighth of \(a\) is \(\frac{1}{8}\times a\), which can be written as \(\frac{1}{8}a\) or \(\frac{a}{8}\).

Answer:

\(\frac{1}{8}a\) (or \(\frac{a}{8}\))