No they are two totally different numbers if you have a balance of -12 and you friend has a balance of -6 which one of you have to pay the most OHHH OK orr you could think of it as BOTH OF YALL ARE BROKE fytb
They are not because 1/2 you cannot multiply it by anything to get 1/8
Rewrite s = 4 + sqrt(s+2) as s-4 = sqrt(s+2)
Square both sides: s^2 - 8s + 16 = s + 2
combine like terms: s^2 - 9s + 14 = 0
Factor this: (s-7)(s-2)=0
Solve for s: s={7, 2}