Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 7 - Section 7.6 - Radical Equations - Exercise Set - Page 561: 71

Answer

$x= 1$ and $x= 9$

Work Step by Step

Given \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} & 4 \sqrt{x}=x+3 \\ & {[-1,10,1] \text { by }[-1,14,1]} \end{aligned} \end{equation} Let \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} f(x)&= 4 \sqrt{x}\\ g(x)&=x+3\\ \end{aligned} \end{equation} The plots of the two functions are shown in the figure. We see that the points of intersection between the graphs of the functions are at $(x,y) = (1,4)$ and at $(x,y) = (9,12)$. This means that the solution is $x= 1$ and $x= 9$ . Let's check. \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} 4 \sqrt{1}&\stackrel{?}{=}1+3 \\ 4& =4\checkmark \\ 4 \sqrt{9}& \stackrel{?}{=}9+3 \\ 4\cdot3& \stackrel{?}{=}12 \\ 12& = 12\checkmark \end{aligned} \end{equation}
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