Question

Solve. the square root of 44-2x = x-10

Answer 1

44-2x=x-10 subtract 44 from both sides -2x= x-54 subtract x from both sides -3x= -54 divide by -3 x= 18 square root of 18= 4.24 in radical form 3 square root of 2 hope this helps

Answer 2

Sqrt(44 - 2x) = x - 10
44 - 2x = (x - 10)^2 = x^2 - 20x +100
0 = 1x^2 - 18x + 66
yikes! quadratic formula
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
a = 1
b = -18
c = 66
x = [-b ± sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)]/(2a)
x = [18 ± sqrt((-18)^2 - 4(1)(66))]/(2(1))
x = 12.873 or 5.127