We want to write an expression that represents the given statement.
The expression is:
5*(17 - 8)
To get the expression we start with the statement:
"Five times the difference of 17 and 8"
The difference of 17 and 8 is just 17 minus 8, so we write it as:
(17 - 8)
And we want five times that, so we just multiplicate it by 5:
5*(17 - 8)
This is the expression we wanted.
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