SOLUTION: if a number is added to its square, the result is 56. Find teh number

SOLUTION: if a number is added to its square, the result is 56. Find teh number

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Question 175091: if a number is added to its square, the result is 56. Find teh number
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number = n.
Subtract 56 from both sides.
Solve by factoring.

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There are two answers to this problem: 7 and -8
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