Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a difference of squares.
√x^2 - √49 is the basic formula for factoring a difference of squares. The idea is that the middle term has been cancelled out.
√x^2 = x
√49 = 7
(x - 7)(x + 7) is the way this factors.
(x - 7)(x + 7)
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(x + 7)
The (x +7) in the numerator cancels with the (x + 7) in the denominator.
The answer is (x - 7)
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She might have wanted you to do it like this.
(x + 7) || x^2 + 0x - 49 || x - 7
x^2 + 7x ........... Subtract
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-7x - 49
-7x - 49 ...... Subtract.
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Or she might have seen you do this
x^2 - 49 x^2 49
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x + 7 x 7
Every math teacher freaks when they see this. I hope I didn't put ideas in your head.
But if you got the answer by doing what I did, you got it right.
