Question

Represent the following sentence as an algebraic expression, where "a number" is the letter x. 8 is decreased by a number.

Answer 1

Answer:

Given, a number is x.

The question says 8 is decreased by a number. So which is x.

Decreased by here means subtracting "a number" from the "other number".

According to the question, the algebraic expression will be given by-

8-x

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