document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=790558>Question 790558</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> sqrt(x+3) = x - 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I eliminated the square root by squaring both sides and got:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 3 = x^2 -6x +9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combining like terms and putting into quadratic equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = x^2 -7x -6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No two numbers satisfy the above, and I couldn't solve it via the quadratic formula. What do I do next?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How did you end up with -6 as a constant term?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Work it out again, paying very careful attention to your signs this time and see if you don't end up with\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x^2\ -\ 7x\ +\ 6\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which does, indeed, factor quite tidily.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why you were unable to solve the incorrect equation using the quadratic formula is a mystery.  It should have worked fine giving two real number zeros.  You always will have two real number zeros if the signs on a and c are opposite.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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