document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49364>Question 49364</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0073016020/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am doing something wrong here if you could please assist... sqrt 4x + 8, + 8=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I dropped the zero, and minused (-8)^2 and I came up with 4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt(4x) + 8x + 8 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(4x) = -8x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = (-8x - 8)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 64x^2 + 128x + 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = 64x^2 + 124x + 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = 16x^2 + 31x + 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%28-31+%2B-+sqrt%28+961+-+1024+%29%29%2F%2832%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%28-31+%2B-+sqrt%28+961+-+1024+%29%29%2F%2832%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Since the discriminant is a negative number, there is no solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or do you mean:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(4x + 8) + 8 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(4x + 8) = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 8 = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you plug fourteen in, you get 16 = 0. That is not true, so the answer is no solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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