Question

Subject Maths
1) MCQ's
1) x is an odd number.The largest odd number preceding x is.
1)x-1 2)x-2 3) x-3 4)x-4​
please give answer fast

Answer 1

Answer:

x - 2

Step-by-step explanation:

since x is an odd number if we subtract odd and even we get odd number.

for example 2n + 1 is an odd number. if I subtract with smallest even number 2 we get 2 n + 1 - 2 we get 2n -1 the preceding odd number.