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| Question 161134:  3 less than the quotient of a number and 5
 Answer by 9j84(1)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Less than means subtract but there's a special rule. If it says more than or less than, than the subtraction would go behind the mathematical sentence so lets just put it off to the side for now,           -3 quotient means to divide and a number is mysterious cause we don't know what it is so we'll just use (x) we have,                   x/5
 so lets put it together in order:
 since -3 goes behind then:
 Answer is :x/5-3
 
 
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