SOLUTION: Solve by factoring and using the principle of zero products. Twenty more than the square of a number is twelve times the number. Find all such numbers.

Question 18391: Solve by factoring and using the principle of zero products.
Twenty more than the square of a number is twelve times the number. Find all such numbers.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Twenty more than the square of a number is (=) 12 times the number . Write the equation:
Write in standard form.
Factor.
Apply the principle of zero products.
and/or
If , then
If , then
The numbers are: 2 and 10
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