document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=184453>Question 184453</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131953648/algebrahomeworkh>Blitzer</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3 square root minus 4 equal 2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What you said was:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  3 sqrt{- 4} = 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is an utterly false statement because a complex number with a non-zero imaginary component cannot be equal to a real number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you really might have meant was:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  3sqrt{x - 4} = 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In which case:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  sqrt{x - 4} = {2 \over 3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Square both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x - 4 = {4 \over 9}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 4 to both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x = {4 \over 9} + 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x = {4 \over 9} + {36 \over 9} = {40 \over 9}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large e^{i \pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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