You need to first make everything positive:
x^2=36
Then you need to get the square root of each side:
x=6 or -6
Hope this helps :)
1. Reflect over x axis, right 1, up 8
2. Ref. over x, stretch 4 (up and down), up 6
3. Stretch 2 (side to side), left 9, down 5
4. stretch 8 ( s to s), reflect over y, down 4
5. Ref. over x, stretch 2/7 (s to s), up 5