Power to the 2 (Posted on 2004-02-20)

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By seeing that y = √(x + y), you can square each side, then subtract y from both sides and factor to get: y(y-1) = x, the answer to the second problem. Substituting 2 in for x and solving gives y = 2, or the answer to the first problem.

	Subject	Author	Date
	answer	K Sengupta	2007-07-11 05:15:07
	seems simple enuff	red_sox_fan_032003	2004-02-26 21:43:43
	re: Solution	Nick Hobson	2004-02-23 14:02:27
	re: a guess	sandy	2004-02-22 00:55:00
	Solution	Larry	2004-02-21 10:27:53
	a guess	sandy	2004-02-21 04:21:34
	extraneous solutions	Tristan	2004-02-20 17:25:04
	Nice	Roberto Mattos	2004-02-20 12:29:14
	No Subject	gulrez	2004-02-20 11:07:43
	Sum	Federico Kereki	2004-02-20 08:47:53