Question

Eight subtracted from the square of a number

Answer 1

The correct answer is

x^2 - 8

(x representing the number)

Answer 2

Let the number = n

"Eight subtracted from the square of a number"

The square of the number can be considered as n^2. Eight subtracted from that is n^2-8.

Your answer is
`n^2-8`

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