SOLUTION: how do you express four less than the square of a number

SOLUTION: how do you express four less than the square of a number

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Question 952118: how do you express four less than the square of a number

Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the number, then
(x^2) - 4

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