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11 fewer then a number as an algebraic expression

User Don Box
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Answer: X-11

Step by Step explanation:

• A number stands for an unknown variable in which x takes it place

• The word fewer alerts us to subtract, thus the minus sign

• 11 fewer than a number is the same as saying a number minus 11
User Marc Anton Dahmen
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Answer:

x - 11

Explanation:

  • A number stands for an unknown variable in which x takes it place
  • The word fewer alerts us to subtraction, thus the minus sign
  • 11 fewer than a number is the same as saying a number minus 11.
User KP  Chundawat
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