How do you translate "3 less than the Square of a number p" as an algebraic expression?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-27T14:28:49

$p^{2} - 3$ $p^2-3$

We need to translate the following statement as an algebraic expression :-

"3 less than the Square of a number p"

The first step is to take the number:-

$p$ $color(blue)(p)$

The second step is to square it:-

$p^{2}$ $color(blue)(p^2)$

The third step is to subtract $3$ $3$ from it:-

$p^{2} - 3$ $color(blue)(p^2-3)$

$:.$ The required algebraic expression is:-

$color(blue)(p^2-3)$