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Eight subtracted from the square of a number

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The correct answer is

x^2 - 8

(x representing the number)

User Mark Doliner
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Let the number = n

"Eight subtracted from the square of a number"

The square of the number can be considered as n^2. Eight subtracted from that is n^2-8.


Your answer is
n^2-8




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