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document.write( " Ö8x - 17 - 1 = 0
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document.write( " Ö8x - 17 - 1 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Isolate the radical term\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Ö8x - 17 = 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "  (Ö8x - 17)² = (1)²\r\n" );
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document.write( "      8x - 17 = 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "          8x = 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "           x = 18/8\r\n" );
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document.write( "           x = 9/4\r\n" );
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document.write( "We must check a radical equation because sometimes\r\n" );
document.write( "an answer we get does not check even though we did\r\n" );
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document.write( "  Ö8(9/4) - 17 - 1 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "      Ö18 - 17 - 1 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "           Ö1 - 1 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "            1 - 1 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "                0 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "So x = 9/4 checks and thus is the only solution.\r\n" );
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