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quotient means the answer after dividing, so your question can be expressed as:

(x/y)-2

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What is Nine less than the quotient of two and a number x?

Nine less than the quotient of two and a number ( x ) can be expressed mathematically as ( \frac{2}{x} - 9 ). This represents the result of dividing 2 by ( x ) and then subtracting 9 from that quotient.


What isNine less than the quotient of two and a number?

2/x - 9


How do you write 4 less than the quotient of x and 8?

To express "4 less than the quotient of x and 8," you first write the quotient as ( \frac{x}{8} ). Then, to indicate "4 less than" this quantity, you subtract 4 from the quotient. Therefore, the expression is ( \frac{x}{8} - 4 ).


What is the algebraic expression for '4 less than the quotient of a number is 2'?

x/y - 4 = 2


Twelve less than the quotient of a number and 7 is -2?

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What is 95 less than the quotient of x and 12?

x/12 - 95


What is seven less than the quotient of x and 9?

It is x/9 - 7.


What is 2 less than the quotient of a number and 8 look like?

Either 8 x - 2 or - 2, depending on whether you are dividing 8 by x or x by 8. x 8


How do you write the quotient of 8 and x less than 12?

8/(12 - x)


How do you write the quotient of 8 and x less than 13?

13-(8/x)


What is the quotient of 2 and a certain number is 3 less than 15?

2 * x = 15 - 3 2x = 12 divide both sides by 2 x = 6


What is the algebraic expression for the quotient of 2 less than twice a number and 4?

To say that 2 is less than twice a number and four means, algebraically, that 2 < 2x + 4. This simplifies to -2 < 2x or x > -1. This is not a quotient, however, so perhaps your question was not clearly worded.