document.write( "Question 1155010: 5 times a number is 14 less than the square of that number. Find the negative solution.
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document.write( "5x = x^2 - 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 5x - 14 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-7)*(x+2) = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of the two roots,  x= 7  and  x= -2,  only one is negative  x= -2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  -2.\r\n" );
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