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17 less than 19
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document.write( "Q:  What number do we want to make less?\r\n" );
document.write( "A:  The 19.\r\n" );
document.write( "Q:  How much do we want to make it less?\r\n" );
document.write( "A:  By 17.\r\n" );
document.write( "Q:  How do we make something less?\r\n" );
document.write( "A:  By subtracting from it.\r\n" );
document.write( "Q:  So what do we subtract from what?\r\n" );
document.write( "A:  We subtract the 17 from the 19.\r\n" );
document.write( "Q:  So which one do we put down first?\r\n" );
document.write( "A:  The one that we want to make less, the 19.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we put down the \r\n" );
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document.write( "19   \r\n" );
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document.write( "and then we want to make it less, so we subtract 17 from it,\r\n" );
document.write( "and we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "19 - 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is 2.\r\n" );
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