document.write( "Question 576092: Square root of x +56=x \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(next time use parentheses so that your function arguments are unambiguous, in this example: sqrt(x + 56) = x makes it clear what you meant)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Square both sides:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Put the quadratic in standard form:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the factorable quadratic, but this will yield one valid and one extraneous root. Check both solutions in the original equation and discard any roots that yield a false statement.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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