Asked by Lisa

The question says
When the square of a certain number is diminished by 5 times..
What does diminished by mean?

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Answered by Steve
reduced.

Actually, there is a link to the parts of a subtraction problem. In words, we have

minuend
- subtrahend
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difference

That is, the <b>min</b>uend is di<b>min</b>ished by the amount <sub>sub</b>tracted (the <b>sub</b>trahend), yielding the difference.

*sigh* it seems folks have lost the ability to just pick up a dictionary any more ... It would have been much faster than posting such a question and waiting for any replies.
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