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Tara and Judy collect pens.Tara has 5 fewer pens than Judy has. Let N stand for the number of pens Judy has. Write an expression to show the number of Pens Tara has?

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N-5=T; if you take the number of pens Judy has and subtract 5 you will get the number of pens Tara has.
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n-5 would equal how many pens Judy has.
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