Which expression represents "five less than twice a number"? also can you tell me why. a: 5 - 2×b: 2× - 5c: 2 (5 - ×)d: 2 (× - 5

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Two friends are reading books. jimmy reads a book with 21,356 words. his friend bob reads a book with one-and-a-half times as many words. which expression represents the number of words bob reads?

Micheal is 4 times as old as brandon and is also 27 years older than brandon. how old is micheal