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Jonathan, a student: the square root of 3x+18 = x 3x+18 are within the square root |
Jonathan,
Square both sides. You get 3x+18 = x2 (why?). Can you find x now? This is a quadratic equation. Do the values x you find work in the original equation?
Victoria
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