SOLUTION: What is 4 more than the square root of 2x equals x? Please include all work.
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Question 482954: What is 4 more than the square root of 2x equals x? Please include all work.
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What is 4 more than the square root of 2x equals x?
+ 4 = x
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subtract 4 from both sides
= x - 4
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square both sides
2x = (x-4)^2
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FOIL (x-4(x-4)
2x = x^2 - 8x + 16
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Subtract 2x from both sides
0 = x^2 - 8x - 2x + 16
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A quadratic equation
x^2 - 10x + 16 = 0
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Factor to
(x-8)(x-2) = 0
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Two solutions
x = 8
x = 2
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Check both solutions in original equation
x=8
+ 4 = 8
+ 4 = 8; a good solution
and
x=2
+ 4 = 2
+ 4 = 2
2 + 4 does not = 2, therefore not a good solutions
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