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We are asked to write the verbal phrase "r decreased by 3" as an algebraic expression.
[tex]\triangle~\fbox{\bf{KEY:}}\star[/tex]
- Think about it. "decreased by". If we decrease a number by another number, what happens to the first number?
Here we decrease the variable "r" by 3.
Remember, variables always represent some number.
Let's think about it this way...
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So we have a number r, and we decrease it by 3.
Now its value is less than the original value.
We subtracted 3 from the original value of r, and now its value is less than the original one.
Thus, "decreased by" is the same as "subtracted" in mathematics.
r decreased by 3 ⇒ [tex]\star\large\pmb{r-3}[/tex]
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