Posted by jessica on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 11:16am.
take the sqrt of each side.
a-sqrtx=+- 5
now work each possible sign
sqrtx=a-5 or sqrt x=a+5
then square each side:
x=(a-5)^2 or x=(a+5)^2
Now you are presented with a quandry, resolve this way. If the domain of x is restricted to real numbers, then you cant take a sqrt of a negative numer, so
x>= 0 which means
(a-5)>0 or a>5 and (a+5)>0 a>-5 but the first predominates, so a>5 is the restriction on a.
what happen the the results of a=7, -3 to this problem because when I plug them in it equal to 25 in the end. Could you explain this a little more for me. Thanks.
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