SOLUTION: if 2 times a positive number is added to one third of its square, the result is 9, find the number

SOLUTION: if 2 times a positive number is added to one third of its square, the result is 9, find the number

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Question 984176: if 2 times a positive number is added to one third of its square, the result is 9, find the number
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if 2 times a positive number is added to one third of its square, the result is 9, find the number
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2x + x^2/3 = 9
x^2 + 6x - 27 = 0
Can you do the rest?

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