How you express four less than a the square of a number

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Conor Case

Mathematics

15 February, 10:05

How you express four less than a the square of a number

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Ashlynn Hammond · Answer 1

Express 4 less than a number is actually easy.

X will be our number.

But it won't be just X, it would be X squared or x^2.

So you do ... (x^2) - 4.

(The 4 is what you subtract).

Elliot Mcbride · Answer 2

The answer to your question is (x^ 2) - 4