document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=142436>Question 142436</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Okay, the instructions say to Solve the Radical Equation...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6-&#8730;2x=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know how to solve Radical Equations, but we were not told how to do ones that had a negative sign before the &#8730;. I really appreciate your help. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #103685 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><B>ilana(307)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=103685\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If your only problem is the negative, just remember that the square root of a number is still just another number.  So anything you can do to a number, you can do to the square root of the number.  By that I mean the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you had the equation 6-2x=2, you could just add 2x to both sides in order to get rid of the negative sign.  So that would become 6=2x+2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the problem you gave, 6-&#8730;2x=-2 becomes 6=-2+&#8730;2x, which you said you know how to solve.  Good luck! </SPAN>\n" );
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