The Difference of a Number and 6 Is Equal to Five

question 74

Short Answer

The difference of a number and 6 is equal to five times the positive square root of the number. Find the number.

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Definitions:

Terminal Illness

A disease or condition that is incurable and expected to lead to the death of the patient within a relatively short period of time.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-stage response (alarm, resistance, exhaustion) that the body goes through when exposed to prolonged stress, as proposed by Hans Selye.

Panicked

A sudden, overwhelming feeling of fear or anxiety that often results in hasty or irrational behavior.

Alarm Reaction

A phase in the general adaptation syndrome where the body initially responds to a stressor with changes that temporarily lower resistance.