Question

Three is decreased by the square of a number and the result is a positive value. Which of the following could be the number?
a.9 b.5 c.square root of 3 d. 1.6

Answer 1

This is a translation problem. The problem generates the relationship below, which matches only one of your potential answers.\[3-x^2>0 \implies 3>x^2 \implies \sqrt3 > \left| x \right|\]