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What does 4 decreased by a number x mean?

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Mengjing

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The phrase "4 decreased by a number x" means that you are subtracting some number from the number 4, but you do not know what number you are subtracting. The number x is an unknown, that you are trying to find out.

it means:

4 - x

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