SOLUTION: When I square my number, subtract fifteen and divide by seventeen I get five?

Question 1069855: When I square my number, subtract fifteen and divide by seventeen I get five?
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Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your number is x.

, ...square your number and subtract fifteen...

, ... and divide by seventeen...

,... get five.

Solve the equation.
That is your number.
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