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OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
Find the solution to x2 = 121.
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OpenStudy (benji):
Is the x raised to the power of 2?
OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
yes
OpenStudy (benji):
Alright, so how do you "undo" a square?
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
$$\huge x^2=121$$ means what number(s) multiplied by themselves equal 121?
OpenStudy (benji):
If \[2^{2}=4 \]what does \[\sqrt{4}=?\]
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OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
16?
OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
wait, 2?
OpenStudy (benji):
Yes, 2, so if we apply that method to the 121, what do you get?
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
$$\huge x • x = 121$$
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
10 • 10 = ?
12 • 12 = ?
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OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
OHHH SO It's 11?
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
Yes, that is one of them.
What is the other?
OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
There should only be answer. And mines is positive 11
OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
a. ±121
b. -11
c. ±11
d. 11
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
What about –11 times –11?
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OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
-22?
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
That's plus.
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
x^2 means x times x.
OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
okay so what is the answer 11 ? since that equals 121...
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
There are two answers that will make $$\huge x^2 = 121$$ a true statement.
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OpenStudy (hiyathere_20):
Omg but there needs to be only one answer for this question........
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
11(11) = 121
-11(-11) = 121
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
$$\huge x= \pm11$$
OpenStudy (skullpatrol):
There is only one answer to this question.
That answer has two numbers: +11 and –11