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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 .
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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