SOLUTION: The Square of a positive number is six more then five times the positive number, find the number.
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Question 214461: The Square of a positive number is six more then five times the positive number, find the number.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the positive number. Then 
represents the square of the positive number, 
represents five times the positive number and 
represents six more than that, and is means "=", so:
Put the equation into standard form and then solve for . HINT: This one factors quite tidily. Exclude the extraneous negative root.
John
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