Choose the expression that best represents the phrase below.
12 less than the number of
o a. 12+ a
o b. 12 divided a
o c. 12a
o d. a : 12
o e a-12
o f. 12- a

E I think. If you have 24 apples, and you need to find out 12 less then the number of apples you have total, you could replace a with 24 and do 24-12=12 to find out that you have 12 apples