College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 1, Equations and Graphs - Chapter 1 Review - Concept Check - Page 169: 19

Answer

See explanation below

Work Step by Step

Since square roots are hard to deal with, we square both sides. We then have to check because squaring both sides turn negatives into positives and we get incorrect solutions. For the first equation we get $x=5,2$ but only $5$ works when we substitute it back in. $\sqrt 4 = 2$ but $\sqrt 1 \ne -1$.
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