The square of a number is three times the number itself. What is the number?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Kobotan [32]3 years ago

7 0

x^2 = x3

x^2 - 3x = 0

x(x - 3) = 0

x = 0 and x -3 = 0 or x = 3

x cannot equal zero, therefore the answer is three

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