The Rule for Identifying Starting Values
When translating professional verbal cues into algebraic expressions, the phrases 'more than' and 'less than' dictate a specific order of terms. State the general rule for identifying which quantity in the phrase acts as the 'starting value' and explain where that starting value must be placed in the final algebraic expression.
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