document.write( "Question 1207658: Find the real solutions of the equation. \r
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document.write( "Find the real solutions of the equation. \r\n" );
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document.write( "(5x^2 - 6)^(1/4) = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "I found x to be -sqrt{6} and sqrt{6}.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The textbook answer is x = sqrt{2} and x = sqrt{3}.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Help.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your answers are WRONG, but because you failed to show your work, no-one can determine where you made\r\n" );
document.write( "your mistake.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%285x%5E2+-+6%29%5E%281%2F4%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+x%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Note that the left-side of the equation is being raised to a power (\"1%2F4\"), so the right-side (x), CANNOT \r\n" );
document.write( "be negative (< 0). This will determine the correct answers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%285x%5E2+-+6%29%5E%281%2F4%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+x%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "   \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%28%285x%5E2+-+6%29%5E%281%2F4%29%29%5E4%2C+%22=%22%2C+x%5E4%29\" ---- Raising each side to the 4th power\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  0 = (x2 - 3)(x2 - 2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "As stated earlier, the right-side of the equation CANNOT be negative (< 0), so 
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