Question

Three times the square of a certain positive number exceeds six times the number by nine. find the number:

Answer 1

with the number being x, we have 3x^2>6(x/9). Expanding, we get 3x^2>6x/9 and 3x^2>2x/3. Dividing by x, we get 3x>2/3 and dividing by 3 we get x>2/9