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fine the error: Elisa is writing an algebraic expression for the phase 5 less then a number. determine her mistake and correct it. 5-n
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fine the error: Elisa is writing an algebraic expression for the phase 5 less then a number. determine her mistake and correct it. 5-n

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n - 5

5 is taken away and is less than an unknown number
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Her mistake is that is has the word THEN which would mean that the n would come first then the 5 so it would be n-5
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