SOLUTION: "Can you help me figure out this radical equation?" x equals the square root of x+20

SOLUTION: "Can you help me figure out this radical equation?" x equals the square root of x+20

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Question 33225: "Can you help me figure out this radical equation?" x equals the square root of x+20
Answer by sarah_adam(201) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x =
square both sides
= (x+20)
- x -20 = 0
-5x +4x - 20 =0
x(x-5)+4(x-5)= 0
(x+4)(x-5) = 0
x = -4 or x = 5

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