document.write( "Question 245970: If g(x) = √( x - 1) + √(2x), find all values of x for which g(x) = 6 \n" ); document.write( "
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sqrt(x-1)+sqrt(2x)=6
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\n" ); document.write( "x-1=2x-12sqrt(2x)+36
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2+74x+1369=288x square each side
\n" ); document.write( "x^2-214x+1369=0
\n" ); document.write( "x=6.60... The other answer is extraneous.
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation \"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\" (in our case \"1x%5E2%2B-214x%2B1369+=+0\") has the following solutons:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"
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\n" ); document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\" should not be a negative number.
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\n" ); document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\": \"b%5E2-4ac=%28-214%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A1369=40320\".
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\n" ); document.write( " Discriminant d=40320 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: \"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--214%2B-sqrt%28+40320+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\".
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-214%29%2Bsqrt%28+40320+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+207.399203184089\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-214%29-sqrt%28+40320+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+6.60079681591094\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Quadratic expression \"1x%5E2%2B-214x%2B1369\" can be factored:
\n" ); document.write( " \"1x%5E2%2B-214x%2B1369+=+1%28x-207.399203184089%29%2A%28x-6.60079681591094%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " Again, the answer is: 207.399203184089, 6.60079681591094.\n" ); document.write( "Here's your graph:
\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B-214%2Ax%2B1369+%29\"
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