document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=461277>Question 461277</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Translation: 8 - n = 50, Eight less than a number is fifty.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the mistake in the translation? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the mistake in the translation?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 less than a number means n - 8, not 8 - n.  It would be n less than 8, the way you've written it. </SPAN>\n" );
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