The Babylonians solved the quadratic equation x 2 + px = q (q >0) without the benefit

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The Babylonians solved the quadratic equation x2 + px = q (q >0) without the benefit of algebraic notation. Tablet 6967 at Yale University finds a positive solution to this equation to be

x = 2 P ( ( 2 )* + 9 - 12/2

Using modern algebraic notation, show that this result is correct.

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