document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1148732>Question 1148732</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My math teacher didn't teach us how in the world to do this I am completely stuck.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of 6 times a positive number and 1 is the same as the square of 1 less than the number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My math teacher didn't teach us how in the world to do this I am completely stuck.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of 6 times a positive number and 1 is the same as the square of 1 less than the number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p, the unknown positive number in the description\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve the quadratic equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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