document.write( "Question 703976: sole & check for extraneous solutions.
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document.write( "sole & check for extraneous solutions. \r\n" );
document.write( "X^1/2-(x-5)^1/2=2 \r\n" );
document.write( "some how the answer is 81/16 but i dont know how to solve it\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other person's solutions, \r\n" );
document.write( "\"x≈5.055\r\n" );
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document.write( "x≈-1.055(reject, x≥0)\" are WRONG. \r\n" );
document.write( "Although you provided the correct answer, he/she failed to match it.\r\n" );
document.write( "Why bother to respond when you can't provide help, as needed? It's a SHAME!!!\r\n" );
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document.write( "                          ----- Converting  to radical (square root), or  to  \r\n" );
document.write( "The SMALLER radicand, x - 5, CANNOT be negative (< 0). So,  ==> . We now have:\r\n" );
document.write( "                        , with \r\n" );
document.write( " ---- Squaring each side\r\n" );
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document.write( "                ---- Squaring each side\r\n" );
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document.write( "                              16x = 81\r\n" );
document.write( "                                   <=== This DEFINITELY matches your answer!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Per the above constraint, , and .\r\n" );
document.write( "So,  is a VALID and ACCEPTABLE value fox x, in this instance!

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