Question

How do we express four less than the square of a number?

Answer 1

Answer:

$x^{2} - 4$

Step-by-step explanation:

in this case, $x$ is your number. we will always note square with the tiny two at the top of the number.

Four less than anything is easily shown with a minus four.

eg. four less of 12 square:

$12^{2} - 4$ = :)