document.write( "Question 810807: 7 times a number is 8 less than the square of that number. Find the negative solution.
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$\"7n=n%5E2-8\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "The zeros are 8 and -1.
\n" ); document.write( "They are only asking for the negative solution so -1 is the answer. \n" ); document.write( "

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