SOLUTION: If 6 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?

Question 144682: If 6 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?
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The number:
6 added to the number (the sum):
6 subtracted from the number (the difference):
Product of the sum and difference is 189:

So:

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