Question 78793: 9 less than a-5
Answer by mathdoc314(58)   (Show Source):
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9 less than woodchuck is woodchuck - 9. You want to subtract 9.
The thing you started with is a-5
9 less than a-5 is (a-5)-9
That ought to come out to a-14 for your answer. Here is more
explanation:
On a number line, this means you started at some place whose name is a-5,
and you went 9 steps to the left.
For example let's say a was 100
Then a-5 is 95
You want to know what is 9 less than 95
94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86
The answer would be 86 in that case
The answer about (a-5) is a-5-9 is a-14
It still works if a=100 because 100-14=86.
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