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Translate this statement into an expression:

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"Twenty-three less than the sum of forty-nine and thirty-seven."
(A) 23 - 49 + 37
(B) 23 - (49 - 37)
(C) 37 + (49 - 23)
(D) (49 + 37) - 23

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I say D because sum is the total when you add and when it says less you go backwards ex.2 less than 3 this is how you write it 3-2
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