Amy has 2$, Jack has 3 times as much as Amy. Catherine has twice as much as Jack. How much does Catherine have?
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Given
We have to set the restraint
because a square root is non-negative, and thus it can't equal a negative number. With this in mind, we can square both sides:
The solutions to this equation are 7 and -2. Recalling that we can only accept solutions greater than or equal to -1, 7 is a feasible solution, while -2 is extraneous.
Similarly, we have
So, we have to impose
Squaring both sides, we have
The solutions to this equation are 5 and 10. Since we only accept solutions greater than or equal to 7, 10 is a feasible solution, while 5 is extraneous.