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Algebra.Com's Answer #847321 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Square both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "Isolate the square root term\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x-25=0;   x-4=0\r\n" );
document.write( "   x=25;    x=4\r\n" );
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document.write( "So one solution is x = 25     <--ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "   <--FALSE!\r\n" );
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document.write( "So 4 is NOT a solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The only solution is x = 25\r\n" );
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