SOLUTION: The product of 7 and the square of a number is 112. Find the number.

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Question 299568: The product of 7 and the square of a number is 112. Find the number.
Found 2 solutions by mananth, ikleyn:
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
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The product of 7 and the square of a number is 112. Find the number.
let the number be x
square wll be x^2
7x^2=112
7x^2= 112
x^2 = 112/7
x^2=16
x=4

Answer by ikleyn(53812) About Me  (Show Source):
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The product of 7 and the square of a number is 112. Find the number.
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        This problem has two possible answers,
        while @mananth provides only one.


let the number be x
square will be x^2
7x^2 = 112
x^2 = 112/7
x^2 =16
x = 4 or -4.