How do you write the phrase as a variable expression "5 less than 4 times a number"?

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How do you write the phrase as a variable expression "5 less than 4 times a number"?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-12T23:49:42

Call the number #'n'#, and then we usually work backward through the sentence (not always). "4 times a number" is #4n#, then we want #5# less than that, so our expression is #4n-5#.

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