SOLUTION: i dont understand how to set up an equation from a word problems , can you help me understand ?

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Question 262435: i dont understand how to set up an equation from a word problems , can you help me understand ?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is a great book by Express Review guides called Math word Problems.
354 pages of word problems and solutions.
Also go through the word problems that have been solved here.
The key is learning to translate from the "word" problem to "algebra"
less and decrease usually mean subtract