SOLUTION: Hi! Can you help me with the problem: Write an expression for the difference of 4 and the square of a number. I do not know whether it is 4 - n^2 or n^2

SOLUTION: Hi! Can you help me with the problem: Write an expression for the difference of 4 and the square of a number. I do not know whether it is 4 - n^2 or n^2 - 4 Thanks. :)

Question 94355: Hi! Can you help me with the problem:
Write an expression for the difference of 4 and the square of a number.
I do not know whether it is 4 - n^2 or n^2 - 4
Thanks. :)
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
[since the question asks "4 and the square of a number"]
.
If the problem was:
Find the solution to "four less than the square of a number":
[becasue you are taking 4 from a number squared]
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