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Write the expression for "5 less than x."
![Dylan](/images/users/0/1/128x128.jpeg)
2 years ago
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2 years ago
"less than" means you subtract, so ...
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7 months ago
To write the expression for "5 less than x," you need to subtract 5 from x. Therefore, the expression can be written as:
x - 5