document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=570512>Question 570512</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this problem 2x to the second power -3=1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #367698 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jillfired><B>jillfired(3)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jillfired><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=jillfired><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=367698\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since -3 does not contain the variable<BR>\n" );
document.write( "variable to solve for, move it to the right-hand side of the equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2=3=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A mathematical statement that says two expressions have the same value; any number sentence with an = .  by adding 3 to both sides. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 1 to 3 to get 4. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2=4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each term in the equation by 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2/2 = 4/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the left side by cancelling out common factors:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A mathematical statement that says two expressions have the same value; any number sentence with an = .  by 2. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2=4/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify the right hand side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "eliminate exponent by taking sqrt of both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so x= sqrt+/-2\r<BR>\n" );
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