Let the Number be : Z
Given : 4 less than the number is 1 more than 2 times the number
(Z - 4) - 1 = 2Z
Z - 4 - 1 = 2Z
Z - 5 = 2Z
2Z - Z = -5
Z = -5
Hence, the required number is -5
Answer:
preparing dinner
object of a preposition
Explanation:
In <em>very simple words</em>, gerunds are nouns (that end in -ing). As nouns, they can function as subjects and objects depending on their position in the sentence.
<span>Hamlet is debating whether or not to kill himself, whether it is nobler to stay, endure the misery, and fulfill his promise to his father to kill Claudius, or to kill himself and end his suffering now.
"To be or not to be, that is the question" (Act 3, Scene 1, Line 64-98).
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