Question 5 • CMS 2026-2027 NC Math 1 CREDIT RECOVERY
“The difference of a number and one” is n − 1, so “three minus” that difference is 3 − (n − 1). “The difference of three times the same number and four” is 3n − 4; one-half of it is ½(3n − 4). Together, these expressions give choice B.
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