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Find a number such that the sum of the number and its square will be as small as possible.

Please try to explain as well as you can.

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    Hint: You are trying to find the minimum of $x^2+x$. Try expressing this as a completed square: $(x+1/2)^2-1/4$ and see what you can conclude.2012-06-10

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