SOLUTION: Translate phrase into algebraic expression. "The quotient of five less than a number and thirteen."

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Question 412582: Translate phrase into algebraic expression. "The quotient of five less than a number and thirteen."
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Hi

Letting x represent the number

"The quotient of five less than a number and thirteen." 

      (x-5)/13