Question

How would you solve this? x^2 = 169

Answer 1

Answer: x = 13

Step 1:

To get rid of the ^2 on the x you need to square root it and what you do to one side you need to do to the other so: √x^2 = √(169)

Step 2:

The square root of 169 is 13 so x = 13

I hope this helped :)