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OpenStudy (fernandez555):

help pls! Identify all of the following solutions of sqrt x +8 - 6 = x. A. x = −4 B. x = −7 C. x = −4 and x = −7 D.None of the above

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Get the unknown isolated on one side of the equation.

OpenStudy (fernandez555):

@nelsonjedi i do not know how to do that. (dont know the steps)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the unknown value?

OpenStudy (fernandez555):

@nelsonjedi x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is the first part

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is the first part

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Square root of (x+8). Is the x+8 under the square root?

OpenStudy (fernandez555):

@nelsonjedi yeap

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok..now we do it different. We need to isolate the radical on one side of the equation. The radical being the value under sq root. So to isolate it we add 6 to both sides of the equation. What does the equation look like now?

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