The sum of a negative integer and its square is 30. Find the integer.
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According to the problem, the sum of "x" and its square is 30. So we can write an equation: x + x^2 = 30. Now we need to solve for "x". We can rearrange the equation to get x^2 + x - 30 = 0. This is a quadratic equation that we can solve using factoring or Show more…
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