The product of two numbers is 713 The first number is 9 more than the second number. Which equation can be used to find x , the greater number?

Let x represent the greater number. Since the first number is 9 more than the second, the second number is x − 9. Their product is therefore x(x − 9), which must equal 713, so the equation is x times (x minus 9) equals 713.

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