If you expand the left hand sign, the equation becomes
This means that the term cancels out, since it appears in both sides. So, we're left with
which is clearly false, i.e. it leads to an impossible equation, which thus have no solutions.
Which statement correctly compares the four decimals?
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ANSWER
Brayden should have expanded the parenthesis first.
EXPLANATION
The expression Brayden is trying to simplify is
To simplify this expression, the first thing to do is to expand the perfect square to obtain:
We can now distribute the negative to the terms in the parenthesis.