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ycow [4]
3 years ago
13

The square of a number is 6 more than 5 times the number. What is the number?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Leona [35]3 years ago
8 0
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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