Question

@thomaster
A bit confused on the order of the steps
@Johnbc

Answer 1

If you are looking to solve for X then you must try to get X by itself and in order to do so you must do the same to the left side of the equation as you do to the right. Since X is under a square root then you must do the "opposite" of the square root to eliminate it but it must also be done to both sides.

Answer 2

What will eliminate the square root?

Answer 3

squaring both sides of the equation