How do we express 4 less than the square of a number?

Merrida uses a pattern in the multiplication table below to find ratios that are equivalent to 7: 9. if merrida multiplies the first term, 7, by a factor of 6, what should she do to find the other term for the equivalent ratio? multiply 9 by 1. multiply 9 by 6. multiply 9 by 7. multiply 9 by 9.

George writes the mixed number as sum and uses the distributive property 1/2.-2/5=1/2-2+2/5=1/2

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