SOLUTION: I'm using a book called No-Nonsense Algebra by Richard Fisher. I've run into a problem that I can't solve. I have the answer from the book but I would like to know how to solve the
Question 1188235: I'm using a book called No-Nonsense Algebra by Richard Fisher. I've run into a problem that I can't solve. I have the answer from the book but I would like to know how to solve the problem. I tried this;I can see it factors out to x minus 5 squared. Since it's squared I put (x minus 5) x sqrt(x minus 5) but from there not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
The square root of x squared minus 10x plus 25. Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, math_helper:Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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= Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The factoring happens under the square root sign:
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... now you can just take the square root of the square ...
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