SOLUTION: Please help solve with radicals, Thank You, and please show work square root of 5x+11= x+3

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Question 167503This question is from textbook beginning Algebra
: Please help solve with radicals, Thank You, and please show work
square root of 5x+11= x+3
This question is from textbook beginning Algebra

Answer by sowmya(32) About Me  (Show Source):
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square root of 5x+11= x+3
5x+11= (x+3)^2 = x^2 + 9 +6x
5x+11 = x^2 + 6x+ 9
x^2 + x - 2 = 0
x = 1 or x=-2
(solve the quadratic equation and use the formula
x = (-b+-sqrt(b^2-4ac))/2a