Extraneous solutions mean "extra and not necessary" Example: the area of a square = 16, what is the side of the square: :If a is the side, the area is a²:
a² = 16, the square root of a = +√16 or a= - √16 : a =4 or a = - 4 , Obviously you can't have a side of - 4, then this solution is an extraneous one
