SOLUTION: Find the solution set for (radical 3x+7)+(radical x+6)=3.

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Question 71911: Find the solution set for (radical 3x+7)+(radical x+6)=3.

Answer by galactus(183)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Square both sides and get:

Subtract x+15 from both sides and get:

Square both sides again:


Divide by 4:

Factor:
(x-19)(x+2)=0
Only one of these is viable. The other is extraneous.
Checking in the original equation, we see x=-2 is the solution.

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