= Rewrite equivalently = . Square both sides: = . Introduce new variable x = . The last equation takes the form = , or = . Solve by any way (factoring or the quadratic formula). You will get the roots x = 12 and/or x = 4. Thus you have two options: 1. {z-3)^2 = 4 ---> z-3 = 2 or z-3 = -2 ---> z = 5 or z = 1. 2. (z-3)^2 = 12 ---> z-3 = +/- = +/- ---> z = and/or z = . Check that all these roots are the solutions of the original equation. Answer. The solutions are z = 1, z = 5, z = , z = .
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After changing, squaring both sides, and combining like-terms, the following equation is derived:
Using the rational root theorem, we see that z = 1 and z = 5 are REAL ROOTS of the equation. Using the trinomial divisor of the roots, or(z - 1)(z - 5),
we get the following quotient:. Using whichever method to solve this quadratic will give you 2 IRRATIONAL REAL roots: 6.464101615, and - 0.4641