SOLUTION: Hi, Can someone please help me? I have to show all my work, and I don't even know how to work these problems. Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated. Solve each

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Question 358678: Hi, Can someone please help me? I have to show all my work, and I don't even know how to work these problems. Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Solve each radical equation:
X= √(3x+7) - 3

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!




If possible, get the radical by itself on one side of the equation:



Now square both sides:



Collect like terms and put the quadratic into standard form:



Now just factor your quadratic and solve. As usual with quadratics you will get two roots. Check both of them in the original equation to ensure that you didn't introduce an extraneous root in the process of squaring when you solved the equation.

John

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