document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=465839>Question 465839</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> looking for the solution and explanation for this problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square root x+2 = 5- square root x-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square root x+2 = 5- square root x-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&#8730;(x+2)=5-&#8730;(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "place all radicals on one side of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#8730;(x+2)+&#8730;(x-3)=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square both sides; eg,(a+b)^2=(a^2+2ab+b^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2+2&#8730;(x+2)(x-3)+x-3=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "place all radicals on one side of the equation again<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2&#8730;(x+2)(x-3)=25+1-2x=26-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square both sides again<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x+2)(x-3)=26^2+2*26*-2x+4x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x^2-x-6)=676-104x+4x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^2-4x-24=676+104x+4x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100x=700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#8730;(x+2)=5-&#8730;(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#8730;(7+2)=5-&#8730;(7-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#8730;9=5-&#8730;4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3=5-2=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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