Work out a positive solution of the equation.
$x^{2} - 2 x = 24$

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Now,
$x^{2} - 2 x = 24$
or, $x^{2} - 2 x - 24 = 0$
or, $x^{2} - 6 x + 4 x - 24 = 0$
or, $(x - 6) (x + 4) = 0$
or, $x = - 4, 6$ .
So the positive solution is $6$ .

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