document.write( "Question 847238: Square root of xraise2 + 5x + 22 + square root of xraise2-5x+6=6 \n" ); document.write( "
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\"sqrt%28x%5E2%2B5x%2B22%29+%2B+sqrt%28x%5E2-5x%2B6%29+=+6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "square both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2x%5E2+%2B28+%2B+2%2Asqrt%28%28x%5E2%2B5x%2B22%29%28x%5E2-5x%2B6%29%29+=+36\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2+%2B14+%2B+sqrt%28%28x%5E2%2B5x%2B22%29%28x%5E2-5x%2B6%29%29+=+18\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28%28x%5E2%2B5x%2B22%29%28x%5E2-5x%2B6%29%29+=+%284-x%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Square both sides.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%5E2%2B5x%2B22%29%28x%5E2-5x%2B6%29+=+%284-x%5E2%29%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E4%2B3x%5E2-80x%2B132+=+x%5E4-8x%5E2%2B16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%5E2-80x+%2B+132+=+-8x%5E2+%2B+16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"11x%5E2+-80x+%2B116+=+0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2880+%2B-+sqrt%28%28-80%29%5E2+-+4%2A11%2A116%29%29%2F22\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+x=2\" \"+x+=+58%2F11\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since we are dealing with square roots, it may be a good idea to check our answers to see that we aren't getting extraneous answers.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28x%5E2%2B5x%2B22%29+%2B+sqrt%28x%5E2-5x%2B6%29+=+6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When we plug in 2 we get sqrt(36) + sqrt(0) = 6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When we plug in 58/11 we get sqrt(9216/121) + sqrt(900/121) = 11.45.. which is not 6.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That means the only answer that works is x=2.\r
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