Posted by mark on Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 5:12pm.
Let X = the number.
7X + X^2 = 18
Rearrange to
X^2 + 7X -18 = 0
Solve for X.
You will get two answers, one positive and one negative. Both will satisfy the equation.
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