The square of a number is 6 more than 5 times the number. What is the number?
1 answer:
X^2 = 6+5x => x^2 - 5x - 6 = 0 => (x-6)(x+1)=0
This riddle has two solutions:
x=6 or x=-1
indeed 6*6 = 36 = 5*6+6
indeed -1*-1 = 1 = 5*-1 + 6
The -1 is kind of a surprise, isn't it?
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