SOLUTION: Please help me! It asks to express irrational solutions in simplest radical form. The problem is (n-5)^2=20 Please and Thank You=)

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Question 131144: Please help me! It asks to express irrational solutions in simplest radical form.
The problem is (n-5)^2=20
Please and Thank You=)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation



Take the square root of both sides




Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)



Add 5 to both sides to isolate n.



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Answer:

So our solution is:



This means our solution breaks down to:

or