document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=210784>Question 210784</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321269470/algebrahomeworkh>Intoductery Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sqrt{2x + 5} is really over 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 * 1 = sqrt{5x + 6} * sqrt{2x + 5}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 = sqrt{10x^2 + 37x + 30}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have a radical equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Raise both sides to the second power.  By doing this, we remove the square root on the right side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(12)^2 = [sqrt{10x^2 + 37x + 30}]^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 = 10x^2 + 37x + 30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 12 from both sides to create a quadratic equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0 = 10x^2 + 37x + 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve for now x?\r<BR>\n" );
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