SOLUTION: √x+6 + √2-x = 4

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Question 298755: √x+6 + √2-x = 4
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Pick one of the radicals and label it R.

If we pick the first radical to label R then we have
.  So substituting R for the first
radical:



Isolate the radical term by subtracting R from both sides::



Square both sides:





FOIL out the right sides:





Substitute  for R





Isolate the radical term and simplify the above:




To make things easier divide every term by 2



Square both sides:









Get 0 on the left side:











But we must ALWAYS check equations with even root
radicals as we often get extraneous solutions:

Checking:







It checks, so the solution is  

Edwin<

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