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Question 273945: if a number is added twice its square, the result is 6. find the number
Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = "a number". Then "a number is added [to] twice its square, the result is 6" translates into:

Solving this:


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