Analysis:
Method 1. (solving equations)
Let t=x*3, then: (X*3)*2=3660 can be changed to: t*2=3660, where t > 0.
According to the regulation: a * b = a (a+1) (a+2) ... (a+b-1), we can get:
t(t+ 1)=3660
t? +t-3660=0
Factorization:
(t-60)(t+6 1)=0
The solution is t=60 (t=-6 1 irrelevant, so it is discarded).
So: x * 3 = 60.
Then: x(x+ 1)(x+2)=60.
It is easy to solve x=3.
Method two. Because (X*3)*2=3660, we know that:
Two adjacent natural numbers x*3 and x*3+1 are multiplied to get 3660.
Then the product of such natural numbers is 60*6 1=3660.
So: x*3=60.
X*3 is the product of three consecutive natural numbers x, X+ 1 and X+2, which is 60.
Since: 3*4*5=60, therefore:
Easy to get: x=3