document.write( "Question 819482: The square of a number, decreased by ten times the number, is equal to -24. What is the number?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I tried to put together an equation to help me solve it but it did not turn out well, this is what I put together. \"+x%5E2+-10x+=+-24+\"
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x^2 -10x = -24
\n" ); document.write( "is fine
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 -10x +24 =0
\n" ); document.write( "find factors of 24 that add up to -10
\n" ); document.write( "-6 and -4
\n" ); document.write( "(x-6)*(x-4)=0
\n" ); document.write( "x=6 x=4
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\n" ); document.write( "36-60=-24
\n" ); document.write( "16-40=-24
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "but that is not completing the square.
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 -10x = -24
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 -10x +25= 1
\n" ); document.write( "(x-5)^2=1
\n" ); document.write( "x-5=+-1
\n" ); document.write( "x=6
\n" ); document.write( "x=4
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