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Strike441 [17]
3 years ago
15

Why do they use (x-1) instead of x, why?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Ipatiy [6.2K]3 years ago
5 0
If it was just x it would mean that they would be an invisible 1 in front of the x. if it's (x-1) it would be another number that it be subtracted from the x
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