document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=5266>Question 5266</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is this answer correct?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt5t+4=-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got... t=-8/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks  Caroline </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #2684 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=2684\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Do you mean <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt+%285t%2B4%29+=+-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt+%285t%2B4%29+=+-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or do you mean <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+sqrt+%285t%29+%2B+4+=+-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+sqrt+%285t%29+%2B+4+=+-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >?  Do you see why it is important to put parentheses in the problem to indicate exactly what you want in the radical expression?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the first case, since you have a square root equal to a negative number, there is NO SOLUTION, since a square root cannot equal a negative number in the real number system.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the second case, you would subtract 4 from each side of the equation, and that would give you <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt+%285t%29+=+-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt+%285t%29+=+-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is also a square root equal to a negative.  That also means NO SOLUTION.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know how you got your answer of -8/5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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