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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