SOLUTION: THE SQUARE OF A NUMBER DECREASED BY 3 TIMES THE NUMBER IS 18. FIND THE NUMBER
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Question 962897: THE SQUARE OF A NUMBER DECREASED BY 3 TIMES THE NUMBER IS 18. FIND THE NUMBER
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The question as written is ambiguous, could be one of two equations.
x=the number
EQUATION 1:
or
or
ANSWER 1: The number can be 6 or -3
---------OR---------
EQUATION 2:
The only real solution to this equation is x=3.
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