document.write( "Question 977354: Five times the square of a negative number is 48 more that the number. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%28n%29%5E2=48%2Bn\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5n%5E2-n-48=0\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Discriminant, \"%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A5%2A%28-48%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2B20%2A48\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"961\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"31%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=%281%2B-+31%29%2F10\"
\n" ); document.write( "The negative value is wanted.
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