Question

Solve (x + 9)² = 25.

Answer 1

Answer:

If x + 9 = 5, then x =  -4

If x + 9 = –5, then x =  -14

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The answer is x = -4.
Applying the square root property of equality basically means that we need to take the square roots of both sides.

$\sqrt{(x+9)^{2} }= \sqrt{25}$

Which turns into: $x+9=5$

Then we can isolate x by subtracting 9 from both sides: $x=-4$