document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=303098>Question 303098</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2 square root 1-3x-square root x+17=0 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #217299 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nyc_function><B>nyc_function(2741)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nyc_function><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=nyc_function><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=217299\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Add sqrt{x + 17} to both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have 2(sqrt{1 - 3x}) = sqrt{x + 17}.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now square both sides to remove the radicals.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[2(sqrt{1 - 3x})]^2 = [sqrt{x + 17}]^2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After doing the math on paper, I got x = -1 as the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do we know if this is right?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace every x that you see in the original radical equation given and simplify.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you get the same answer on both sides of the equation, then you will know for sure.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I did excatly that and found out that x does = -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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