SOLUTION: Find the approximate value of x: {{{sqrt(81-x^2)=3}}}

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Question 140338: Find the approximate value of x:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation


Square both sides


Subtract 81 from both sides


Divide both sides by -1


Take the square root of both sides


or Simplify


or Approximate by using a calculator


So the approximate value of x is or

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