SOLUTION: Jack bought a new digital camera as a birthday present for his wife, but by the time he needed to record the purchase in his checkbook register, he forgot how much he had paid for

Question 332065: Jack bought a new digital camera as a birthday present for his wife, but by the time he needed to record the purchase in his checkbook register, he forgot how much he had paid for it (let�s just call this amount "x"). He only remembered one small detail: six (6) less than the square of this amount is equal to the amount itself. How much did he pay for the camera?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
call this amount "x"). He only remembered one small detail: six (6) less than
the square of this amount is equal to the amount itself. How much did he pay
x^2 - 6 = x
x^2 - x - 6 = 0
Factors to
(x-3)(x+2) = 0
positive solution
x = $3, it must have been "hot";
:
Check: 3^2 - 6 = 3
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