document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=392115>Question 392115</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Radicals & rational expressions (solve using appropriate method)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt 2x - 4 = x - 14 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "we have to square both side so the square root will b gone<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-4= (x-4)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-4= x^2 - 28x + 196<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we can change the side to solve this case easier<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 28x + 196 = 2x - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 30 x + 200 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-20).(x-10)=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-20=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-10=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so x=20 or x=10<BR>\n" );
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