Question

Love by factoring or finding square roots. (x+5)^2 = 36

Answer 1

we are given

$(x+5)^2 = 36$

firstly , we can take sqrt both sides

we will get two equations

First equation is:

$(x+5) = -6$

we can solve for x

$x = -11$

Second equation is:

$(x+5) = 6$

we can solve for x

$x = 1$

so, we will get

$x = -11$

$x = 1$...............Answer

Answer 2

To find what x is equal to, we need to take the square root of both sides. But, we must note that a square root of a value is both positive and negative. Since the square root of 36 is 6, that means that our equation is:

x + 5 = ±6

That means that x + 5 = 6 or x + 5 = -6

That means that x = 1 or x = -11