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Write the following statement as a mathematical expression.

Let x be a number.



The quotient of two and a number, subtracted from seventeen

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Answer:

17 - (2 / x)

Explanation:

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User Nunop
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Answer:

17 - (2 / x)

Explanation:

because it is being subtracted from 17. that goes first, and then x is being divided by 2.

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