SOLUTION: When the sum of 508 and three times a positive number is subtracted from the square of the number, the result is 140. Find the number.
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Question 831281: When the sum of 508 and three times a positive number is subtracted from the square of the number, the result is 140. Find the number.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two solutions but only one is positive,
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