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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you please help me the express irrational solution in simplest radical form of: ((( (n-5)^2=20))) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \text {         } \math (n-5)^2 = 20\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take the square root of both sides remembering to consider both positive and negative roots:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \text {         } \math n - 5 = \small \pm \LARGE sqrt{20}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 5 to both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \text {         } \math n = 5 \small \pm \LARGE sqrt{20}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The factors of 20 are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2 \times 2 \times 5\"> so you can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \text {         } \math n = 5 \pm sqrt{4} sqrt{5} = 5 \pm 2 sqrt{5}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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