document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012765>Question 1012765</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Start with a whole number and add together these four values: the number added to itself, subtracted from itself, multiplied by itself, and divided by itself. The total of these four numbers is 225. What was the original number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start with a whole number and add together these four values: the number added to itself, subtracted from itself, multiplied by itself, and divided by itself. The total of these four numbers is 225. What was the original number?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x+%2B+x%5E2+%2B+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x+%2B+x%5E2+%2B+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=225 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"225\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2+%2B+2x+-+224 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2+%2B+2x+-+224\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 14 or x = -16.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since it is whole number, x = 14 is the only solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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