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Question from Morgan, a student: write a variable expression for "The whole number that precedes a number w+3" |
Morgan,
The whole number that precedes 8 is 8 - 1 = 7.
The whole number that precedes 12 is 12 - 1 = 11.
What is the whole number that precedes w+3?
Can you simplify this expression?
Penny
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