algebraic surds and equations (1 Viewer)

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Well x can't be negative otherwise that square root would be negative. So we can get rid of the absolute value brackets.



We can square it since we know x isn't negative:



Take everything to the right:



Solve:



Hence we get x = 1/10 or 1/2, and we see that the RHS will be 0 when x=1, so evidently 1 is a solution.

Thus and

Using domain:


 
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Question: How did you align your inequalities?
just use

\begin{align*}
blah &< 2blah\\
2blah &> blah\\
etc.
\end{align*}

when in latex
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