SOLUTION: The Square of a positive number is six more then five times the positive number, find the number.

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Question 214461: The Square of a positive number is six more then five times the positive number, find the number.
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Let represent the positive number. Then represents the square of the positive number, represents five times the positive number and represents six more than that, and is means "=", so:



Put the equation into standard form and then solve for . HINT: This one factors quite tidily. Exclude the extraneous negative root.

John