Given that the square of a number is equal to three times the number, then the number is zero______ .

Given that the square of a number is equal to three times the number, then the number is zero______ .

Let this number be X. according to the meaning of the question, we get x2 = 3x, that is, x2-3x = 0, X (x-3) = 0, and the solution is x = 0 or x = 3. That is, this number is 0 or 3