SOLUTION: If an interger is multiplied by the difference of that interger and 3, then the result is equal to 18. What is one of the two intergers for which this is true?

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Question 949227: If an interger is multiplied by the difference of that interger and 3, then the result is equal to 18. What is one of the two intergers for which this is true?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is spelled "integer."

Let x be the integer. Then x(x-3) = 18. Since 6*3 = 18, and -3*-6 = 18, we have x = 6 or x = -3.