SOLUTION: what does x equal in this square root of x plus six equals to zero the six is not in the square root symbol Please show the work as to how you got it

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Question 942660: what does x equal in this
square root of x plus six equals to zero
the six is not in the square root symbol
Please show the work as to how you got it

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what does x equal in this
square root of x plus six equals to zero
the six is not in the square root symbol
Please show the work as to how you got it

sqrt%28x%29+%2B+6+=+0
sqrt%28x%29+=+-+6 -------- Subtracting 6
%28sqrt%28x%29%29%5E2+=+%28-+6%29%5E2 --- Squaring both sides
x = 36, but when checked, it happens to be an EXTRANEOUS solution, so there's NO SOLUTION to this equation.