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Write a expression for:a number decreased by 39

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Let the number be x.

If a number is decreased by another, it means that the number is subtracted from it. Therefore, if a number is decreased by a, we have the expression to be:


x-a

If the number is decreased by 39, this means that the expression becomes:


x-39

ANSWER:


x-39

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