Question

Find the solution of 3 times the square root of the quantity of x plus 6 equals negative 12 , and determine if it is an extraneous solution.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Are there any answer choices given?

Answer 3

x = −3; extraneous
x = −3; not extraneous
x = 10; extraneous
x = 10; not extraneous

Answer 4

Now is there a picture for your equation or is it in word form?

Answer 5

does it look liek this

Answer 6

\[3\sqrt{x+6}=-12\]

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

okay so plug your numbers in for x choose from
-3 and 10

Answer 9

Do you understand?

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

The def. is
Extraneous and missing solutions. In mathematics, an extraneous solution (or spurious solution) is a solution, such as that to an equation, that emerges from the process of solving the problem but is not a valid solution to the original problem.

Answer 12

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