document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169870>Question 169870</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780131492035/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the radical equation. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-2)&#8730;(x-3)=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-2)&#8730;(x-3)=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt(x-3) = 3/(x-2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Square both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3 = 9/(x-2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-2)^2(x-3) = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x^2-4x+4)(x-3) = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^3 -3x^2 -4x^2 + 4x -12x -12 = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^3 -7x^2 -8x -21 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 8.2737<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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