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Write the phrase "Four times the difference of six and y equals five less than y" as a variable expression:

Write the phrase "six more than nine times n is twenty" as an equation:

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Answer: 4(6-y)

Step-by-step explanation: Since you are multiplying 4 by the difference of 6 and y, you put 6 and y in parenthesis with the 4 on the outside. Then 6-y goes inside the parenthesis.

Also the second one would be (6+9)n=20

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