Question

The square of a number is equal to 10 less than 7 times that number. What are the two possible solutions?

Which of the following equations is used in the process of solving this problem?

x^2- 7x + 70 = 0
x^2- 7x + 10 = 0
x^2+ 7x - 10 = 0

Answer 1

\[x^2=7x-10\] is how i read it

Answer 2

if you put all on one side of the equal sign you get
\[x^2-7x+10\]

Answer 3

okay, thank you!