SOLUTION: Translation: 8 - n = 50, Eight less than a number is fifty. What is the mistake in the translation?

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Question 461277: Translation: 8 - n = 50, Eight less than a number is fifty.
What is the mistake in the translation?
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Translation: 8 - n = 50, Eight less than a number is fifty.
What is the mistake in the translation?
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8 less than a number means n - 8, not 8 - n. It would be n less than 8, the way you've written it.