document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=146580>Question 146580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the radical sign over 3x + 2 =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i would think i would just square it to eliminate the radical sign and my answer would be 3x + 2 but i am not completely sure.......\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the Answer booklet it provides me 5 possible answers:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "* will symbolize the radical sign<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. * over 3x and then +2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. (*3)x + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 3x + *2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. *3x + *2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E. None of these \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "( My answer would be none of these because i think the answer might be 3x +2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PLEASE HELP AND THANK YOU\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #107034 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=107034\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are you trying to simplify <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283x%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283x%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well if you try to square the expression, you'll get a totally new expression (ie one that is <b>not</b> equivalent to the original). So this means that you cannot square the expression. In fact, you cannot do anything to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283x%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283x%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So I would say that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283x%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283x%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is equivalent to E. None of these  </SPAN>\n" );
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