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You can do this one in several ways:

You could move the constant term to the other side by adding 6 to both sides, then take the square root. Just remember to consider both the positive and negative roots.

You could use the quadratic formula with a=1, b=0, and c=-6. Remember the quadratic formula is: x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+

You could use the fact that 6=%28sqrt%286%29%29%5E2 and factor the quadratic using the difference of two squares factorization. Then apply the Zero Product Rule. Personnally, I like this method best because it won't allow you to forget to consider the negative root and it isn't as messy as the quadratic formula.