SOLUTION: The product of a positive number and four more than the number is 32. What is the number?
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Question 750188: The product of a positive number and four more than the number is 32. What is the number?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n(n+4)=32
n^2+4n-32=0
n^2+8n-4n-32=0
n(n+8)-4(n+8)=0
(n-4)(n+8)=0
so that n=4 or n=-8
and since n>0
n is 4
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