Question

What are the characteristics of a radical equation?
How is solving radical equations similar to solving linear equations?
Why is it important to check the solutions to a radical equation?
Create your own radical equation. Describe in complete sentences and demonstrate the process in finding its solution(s).

Answer 1

uhhh

1) radical equations have...radicals -_-
2) you can substitute a radicand to x and solve like linear equations
3) because some solutions are imaginary (when it makes the radicand negative)
4) i suppose you can do that

Answer 2

thanks youuuu

Answer 3

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Answer 4

\[\sqrt{8x+1=5}\] \[\sqrt{x-7+5=11}\] \[-4 \sqrt{x+9=20} \] \[\sqrt{6x+5=\sqrt{53}}\] \[\sqrt{x+2+4=x}\]

Answer 5

I need solve, identify extraneous solutions, and show work

Answer 6

the radical isnt very clear :/

Answer 7

i mean the numbers that are included in the radical...it's not clear

Answer 8

Solve for x

Answer 9

Ok, i'm stupid at math... can you dumb that down for me..

Answer 10

look at the picture or book you copied that from...do those look the same?

Answer 11

Yepp, exactly the same.

Answer 12

seriously?? there's a radical over the equal sign? o.O

Answer 13

no, that is just over the equal sign cause of how the equation button is . so the radical is not over any of the equal signs.

Answer 14

does it look like \[\sqrt{8x+1} = \sqrt 5\] or \[\sqrt{8x+ 1} = 5\]

Answer 15

the second one