document.write( "Question 817876: 5 + sqaure root x+15 = x \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #492623 by jsmallt9(3758) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Please put radicands in parentheses. (\"Radicand\" is the name for the expression inside a radical.) The way you've posted this I cannot tell if the 15 is inside or outside the radical. Without any parentheses what you posted means:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5+%2B+sqrt%28x%29%2B15+=+x\"$
\n" ); document.write( "but I suspect that you meant:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5+%2B+sqrt%28x%2B15%29+=+x\"$
\n" ); document.write( "which should be posted as something like:
\n" ); document.write( "5 + square root(x+15) = x

\n" ); document.write( "Not knowing which equation is correct, I choose not to risk wasting my time in solving the wrong equation. Please re-post your question using parentheses around the radicand (even if it is just x). \n" ); document.write( "

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