document.write( "Question 852171: the square of a certain whole number is 6 more than 5 times the whole number. What is the number and please show the work on how to solve it. We are stumped. Thanks \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "the square of a certain whole number is 6 more than 5 times the whole number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "the square of X is 6 more than 5 times X.\r\n" );
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document.write( "             X² is 6 more than 5X.\r\n" );
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document.write( "             X² is 5X + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "             X² = 5X + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "    X² - 5X - 6 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( " (X - 6)(X + 1) = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "X - 6 = 0;  X + 1 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "    X = 6;      X = -1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Negative numbers are not usually considered as whole numbers,\r\n" );
document.write( "so I suppose we have to discard -1, though I'm not sure.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "The square of 6, which is 36 is 6 more than 5 times 6, which is 30.\r\n" );
document.write( "Indeed 36 is 6 more than 30.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you wanted to consider -1 as also a solution, it DOES check.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The square of -1, which is +1 is 6 more than 5 times -1, which is -5.\r\n" );
document.write( "Indeed +1 is 6 more than -5, because -5+6 = -1.\r\n" );
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