Translate 5 times a number decreased by 2 into algebraic equation.

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            5n - 2  

where "n" is the number mentioned in the problem statement

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5n - 2

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the answer is; biodiversity resulting from few ancestors

adaptive radiation occurs when a population is subjected to a large natural environment with spatial ecological variations. the parts of the population in the different ecologies begin to adapt to their local environments. due to non-random mating across the large populations, this causes the different populations from the large population to speciate within their local environments. they, therefore, diverge to different species sharing a common ancestor.