SOLUTION: If two times some unknown number is one-half of the square of eight, then what is the value of the square root of the unknown number?

Question 259688: If two times some unknown number is one-half of the square of eight, then what is
the value of the square root of the unknown number?

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the unknow number be x
twice the number = 2x
This is = 1/2 of 8^2
2x= 1/2 x 64
2x = 32
x=32/2
x=16
x^ 1/2 = square root os 16 = 4
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