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Question 200210: If six is added to a number and then subtracted from the same number, the product of the sum and the difference is 189. what is the number? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
The product of the sum and the difference of the same two numbers is always the difference of the first number squared and the second number squared. In your case: