Which algebraic expression represents “the difference of 54 and a number”?

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I don't know what your choices are, but if the number is x, I would expect to see

|x-54|
x-54
go with that, although x-54 does not acknowledge that x could be less than 54.

In that case the difference would be a negative number, that is why I placed absolute value signs around the x-54
Probably talking about Edgenuity and if thats the case then the choices would be 54-n, 54/n, 54n, and 54+n i think 54-n