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Question 1103743: Hi, please could you help me with this question:
The product of a certain positive whole number and three more than that number is 270. What could the number be?
Answer by ikleyn(52777)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1.  Mental solution 15*18 = 270   (5 seconds),   or


2.  Algebra solution solving the quadratic equation x*(x+3) = 270.


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