Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - Chapter 2 Review Problem Set - Page 89: 55

Answer

$n-5$

Work Step by Step

"Five less than" means "minus 5". Thus, the translation of the given word phrase into an algebraic expression is: $n-5$
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