Question

Earn an easy metal!
Write an algebraic equation for the following.

The difference of a number squared and the number is one less than four times the number.

Answer 1

\[x^{2}-x =4x-1\]
That should be it.

Answer 2

difference of a number squared and the number ----->x^2-x
is---->=
one less than four times the number----->4x-1
put it all together and you get

x^2-x=4x-1