talkingpoints
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Working on a triangle problem
if 2x2 = 36
why can't you take the sqrt of both sides like this?
sqrt(2x2) = sqrt(36)
sqrt(2) * x = 6
x = 6 / sqrt(2)
this doesn't give the correct answer of 4, but I don't get why. (And yes I know that it's simpler to divide each side by 2 first)
Thanks for any help!
if 2x2 = 36
why can't you take the sqrt of both sides like this?
sqrt(2x2) = sqrt(36)
sqrt(2) * x = 6
x = 6 / sqrt(2)
this doesn't give the correct answer of 4, but I don't get why. (And yes I know that it's simpler to divide each side by 2 first)
Thanks for any help!