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document.write( "Is '5 less than a number' the same as '5 less a number'? \r\n" );
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document.write( "No, '5 less than a number N\" means to start with the\r\n" );
document.write( "number N and make another number out of it which is 5 \r\n" );
document.write( "less.  To do that you start with N and subtract 5. So you \r\n" );
document.write( "put down N and then make it less by subtracting 5\r\n" );
document.write( "from it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "              N - 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "'5 less a number' means to start with the 5 and \r\n" );
document.write( "subtract a number N from it.  So you put down 5 and\r\n" );
document.write( "then subtract a number N from it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "              5 - N\r\n" );
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