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1 year ago

Represent the following sentence as an algebraic expression, where "a number" is the letter x.A number is subtracted from 2 .

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Mariana [72]1 year ago

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In general, the statement 'a is subtracted from b' is written as

$b-a$

Therefore, 'A number is subtracted from 2' is written as,

$2-x$

The answer is 2-x

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