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OpenStudy (anonymous):

√(6x+5)=√53

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt{6x+5}=\sqrt{53}\]

OpenStudy (jhannybean):

First we should square both sides to get rid of the square root.

OpenStudy (jhannybean):

What do you get when we do that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont know how to do that. im bad at radicals

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and everything else in math

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt{6x+3}=\sqrt{53}\] squaring both sides we find 6x+3=53 6x=53-3 6x=50 x=50/6 i.e. x= 25/3

OpenStudy (jhannybean):

aw :( ok. well, when we square a square root, suchas \((\sqrt{2})^2\) we're essentially saying \((\sqrt{2} \cdot \sqrt{2})\) and multiplying two radicals, you get a whole number.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(\sqrt{a})^2 =a\]

OpenStudy (jhannybean):

now that we know that multiplying two radicals together gives you a whole number, we can treat \(\sqrt{6x+3}\) as a number under a radical,and the same with \(\sqrt{53}\). squaring these two gives you whole numbers. \[\large (\sqrt{6x+3})(\sqrt{6x+3}) = (\sqrt{53})(\sqrt{53})\]\[\large 6x+3 = 53\] And nowwe'll solve for our x value by moving our constants over to one side and keeping our variable and anything attached to it on the other side. \[\large 6x = 53-3\]\[\large 6x = 50\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you!

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