SOLUTION: Find the following. Assume all variables can represent any real numbers. sqrt(a+4)^2. I came up with two different answers: a+4 and then a^2+8a+16. Is either one correct? If a+4 is

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Question 330699: Find the following. Assume all variables can represent any real numbers. sqrt(a+4)^2. I came up with two different answers: a+4 and then a^2+8a+16. Is either one correct? If a+4 is, does it have to be in parenthesis or |a+4|? Please advise. Thank you.
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