Question

√ (x+2) + 3 = 0

Is the answer: x = -11

I did this on my own, can someone confirm please :)

Answer 1

sorry, not quite.

notice how if you subtract 3 from both sides you get

sqrt(x+2) = -3

can the square root of something be negative? (ignoring imaginary numbers here for a sec)

Answer 2

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Mercury
sorry, not quite.

notice how if you subtract 3 from both sides you get

sqrt(x+2) = -3

can the square root of something be negative? (ignoring imaginary numbers here for a sec)
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no??

Answer 3

good, so this doesn't have any real solution x

by any chance - have you learned about imaginary numbers yet? (a.k.a numbers with "i" in it? I'm just seeing if we need to find imaginary solutions)

Answer 4

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Mercury
good, so this doesn't have any real solution x

by any chance - have you learned about imaginary numbers yet? (a.k.a numbers with "i" in it? I'm just seeing if we need to find imaginary solutions)
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no I never learned that before

Answer 5

oh ok cool, that's fine. then it's ok to say "no real solutions"

Answer 6

ok thx