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algebra intermediate

Problem

Find all solutions to the equation . If there are multiple solutions, order them from least to greatest, separated by comma(s).
Solution
We square both sides to get rid of the square root. This gives . Moving everything to one side, we get . Solving, we get .

We plug both values back into the equation to see if either of them are extraneous.

For , we get , which works.

For , we get , which is also valid.

Therefore, the answers are and .
Final answer
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