document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=114560>Question 114560</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Translate \" the product of a number and two less than the number\" into a variable expression. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=a number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then x-2=two less than the number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now \"the product of a number and two less than the number\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(x-2) read as x times the quantity x-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor<BR>\n" );
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