Well, isn't that a happy little question! When we say "4 decreased by a number x," we're simply taking the number 4 and subtracting another number x from it. So, if we write it as an expression, it would be 4 - x. Just imagine those numbers dancing together on the canvas, creating a beautiful equation!
7-x=4
x/4 - 4 = -2 Therefore, x/4 = -2 + 4 = 2 Therefore, x = 2 x 4 x = 8
So let's call the number we are looking for x. x-4 is the number decreased by 4 quotient of the number and 5 is x/5 so x-4=8+ x/5 we have 5x-20=40+x and 4x=60 so x=15 Let's try it? 15-4=11 8+15/5=11
x - 2 = 7 + x/4 4x - 8 = 28 + x 3x = 36 x = 12
X divided by 4 - 10=2 x=48
7-x=4
x-(x+4)
As an algebraic term: x-4
x/4 - 4 = -2 Therefore, x/4 = -2 + 4 = 2 Therefore, x = 2 x 4 x = 8
x/4 - 6 = 22 x/4 = 28 x = 112
You just wrote the verbal equation. Do you mean the algebraic equation? X - 4 = - 12 ---------------
(x - 25)*4
So let's call the number we are looking for x. x-4 is the number decreased by 4 quotient of the number and 5 is x/5 so x-4=8+ x/5 we have 5x-20=40+x and 4x=60 so x=15 Let's try it? 15-4=11 8+15/5=11
x - 2 = 7 + x/4 4x - 8 = 28 + x 3x = 36 x = 12
15
X divided by 4 - 10=2 x=48
The question is ambiguous. Most likely the answer is 2x - 4 but it could be x*(2-4) = x*(-2) = -2x