SOLUTION: can you please help me the express irrational solution in simplest radical form of: ((( (n-5)^2=20)))

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: can you please help me the express irrational solution in simplest radical form of: ((( (n-5)^2=20))) This question is from textbook algebra structure and method

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Take the square root of both sides remembering to consider both positive and negative roots:



Add 5 to both sides:



The factors of 20 are so you can say:




John