SOLUTION: Find the natural number which when added to its square gives a times the next natural number ?
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Question 174438: Find the natural number which when added to its square gives a times the next natural number ?
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Find the natural number which when added to its square gives a times the next natural number ?
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Let x = the natural number
then
x+1 = next natural number
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x^2 + x = x+1
x^2 = 1
x = {-1, 1}
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Tossing out the negative number:
x = 1
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