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Solving Radical Equations
• If there is one radical term, isolate that term.• If there are two square roots, have one on each
side.• Square both sides• Solve for the unknown using algebra
Example
2 2
2 5 7
2 5 7
2 5 49
2 44
22
x
x
x
x
x
2 5 4 3x
Example
2 2
2 4 12
4 6
4 6
4 36
40
x
x
x
x
x
3 2 4 15x
Practice
3 1 4
9 4 8 11
6 3 5 0
d
x
a a
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