document.write( "Question 79241: can you please check this for me? i am solving equation for x\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #56889 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "[First of all, the triple braces (three of these { before\r\n" );
document.write( "and three of these } after) can be placed around the entire \r\n" );
document.write( "equations, including the sqrt's] : \r\n" );
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document.write( "can you please check this for me? i am solving \r\n" );
document.write( "equation for x\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"2%28x-5%29%5E2=3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"%28x-5%29%5E2=3%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The next step should have ± before\r\n" );
document.write( "the square root, because there are\r\n" );
document.write( "TWO square roots of positive numbers,\r\n" );
document.write( "not just one. You also should have a\r\n" );
document.write( "2 on the bottom of the last fraction,\r\n" );
document.write( "not a 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+x-5\" = ±\"sqrt%283%2F2%29\" = ±\"sqrt%286%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "You also went wrong in the next step:\r\n" );
document.write( "You got:  \"x=5%2Asqrt%286%29%2F3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's wrong, other than just the wrong\r\n" );
document.write( "denominator 3 instead of 2. You ADD 5 to \r\n" );
document.write( "both sides. You don't MULTIPLY.\r\n" );
document.write( "That step should be:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x+=+5+%2B-+sqrt%286%29%2F2\" \r\n" );
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