document.write( "Question 707329: How would you solve this equation?\r
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document.write( "The other person's response, that \"You get -10+6i or -10-6i (complex results)\", is WRONG11\r\n" );
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document.write( "As the smaller radicand, 2x MUST be greater than or equal to 0, we get: . So, .  \r\n" );
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document.write( "                   ----- Squaring both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "                          x - 8 = 0.\r\n" );
document.write( "                                <==== VALID, and ACCEPTABLE solution for x, in THIS case!!

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