document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=212274>Question 212274</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2 SQRT over6^2 + 6 SQRT over 2^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My friend said that this was the answer..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 + 12 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=SQRT over 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But I don't know where she got it or if its right. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm really not good with Square roots. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #160632 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=160632\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your friend is right.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "next time, write it as sqrt(6^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this would be the way to do it in algebra.com<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your formula is, as best i can figure out, the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 * sqrt(6^2) + 6 * sqrt(2^2) = c^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt(x^2) = x for any number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take the number 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square it to get 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take the square root of 36 and you get 6 because 6 * 6 = 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since sqrt(6^2) = 6 and since sqrt(2^2) = 2, your equation of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 * sqrt(6^2) + 6 * sqrt(2^2) = c^2 becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2 * 6) + (6 * 2) = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 + 12 = c^2 which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = c^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to solve for c, you take the square root of both sides of this equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(24) = sqrt(c^2) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(24) = c<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you can take any number and square it and then take the square root of the result and you will get the number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^2 = 6*6 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square root of 36 = square root of 6*6 = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "similarly, you can take any number and get the square root of it and then square the result to get the number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it works both ways.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10 squared equals 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square root of 100 = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square root of 25 equals 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 squared equals 25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "roots and exponents are related.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square root of x = x^(1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cube root of x = x^(1/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "nth root of x = x^(1/n)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^2 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36^(1/2) = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you are having trouble, then you need to review the basics.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "try these websites<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/beg_algebra/beg_alg_tut26_exp.htm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/int_algebra/int_alg_tut37_radical.htm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/int_algebra/int_alg_tut38_ratexp.htm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "just copy these website addresses and paste them into your browser address bar and hit the return.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the main website for these tutorials is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/index.htm<BR>\n" );
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