Answer:
x = 3 ± 2
Step-by-step explanation:
given
x² - 6x + 1 = 0 ( subtract 1 from both sides )
x² - 6x = - 1
To complete the square
add (half the coefficient of the x- term)² to both sides
x² - 6x + (- 3)² = - 1 + (- 3)²
x² - 6x + 9 = - 1 + 9
(x - 3)² = 8 ( take the square root of both sides )
x - 3 = ±
= ± 2
( add 3 to both sides )
x = 3 ± 2
The answer
the question is not clear
if it is to determine how to write this phrase as a mathematics equation, it is as follow:
let be x the unknown number
so <span>ighty-seven decreased by three times a number is greater than one hundred sixty-five means 87 - 3x>165,
so we can solve it easily as 87 - 165> 3x, and then 3 x > 32, and finally the value of x is x > 32/3=10.66</span>
The irrational number would be square root 15