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X X X X X X: Solve The Equation. Check For Extraneous Solutions

This document provides examples of solving various types of radical equations, including single radical equations, equations with two radicals, and systems of equations with radicals. Example problems are given for each type along with the steps to solve them. At the end, there is a challenge problem to find an example of a radical equation with two extraneous solutions and a word problem involving using a radical equation to find the height of a swing given the maximum speed.

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X X X X X X: Solve The Equation. Check For Extraneous Solutions

This document provides examples of solving various types of radical equations, including single radical equations, equations with two radicals, and systems of equations with radicals. Example problems are given for each type along with the steps to solve them. At the end, there is a challenge problem to find an example of a radical equation with two extraneous solutions and a word problem involving using a radical equation to find the height of a swing given the maximum speed.

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EXAMPLE 5 SOLVING RADICAL EQUATIONS Solve the equation.

Check for extraneous


on p. 454 solutions.
for Exs. 34–44 } } }
34. x 2 6 5 Ï 3x 35. x 2 10 5 Ï 9x 36. x 5 Ï 16x 1 225
} } }
37. Ï 21x 1 1 5 x 1 5 38. Ï 44 2 2x 5 x 2 10 39. Ïx 2 1 4 5 x 1 5
}
40. x 2 2 5 }
2
Î
3x 2 2 41.
4}
Ï3 2 8x 2 5 2x 42.
3}
Ï8x 3 2 1 5 2x 2 1
}
43. ★ MULTIPLE CHOICE What is (are) the solution(s) of Ï 32x 2 64 5 2x?
TAKS REASONING

A 4 B 216 C 4, 216 D 1, 3
}
44. ★ SHORT RESPONSE Explain how you can tell that Ï x 1 4 5 25 has no
TAKS REASONING
solution without solving it.

EXAMPLE 6 EQUATIONS WITH TWO RADICALS Solve the equation. Check for extraneous
on p. 455 solutions.
for Exs. 45–52 } } 3} 3}
45. Ï 4x 1 1 5 Ï x 1 10 46. Ï 12x 2 5 2 Ï 8x 1 15 5 0
} }
} }
47. Ï 3x 2 8 1 1 5 Ï x 1 5 48. Î 32 x 2 4 5 Î 52 x 2 7
} }
} } } }
49. Ï x 1 2 5 2 2 Ïx 50. Ï 2x 1 3 1 2 5 Ï 6x 1 7
} } } }
51. Ï 2x 1 5 5 Ï x 1 2 1 1 52. Ï 5x 1 6 1 3 5 Ï 3x 1 3 1 4

SOLVING SYSTEMS Solve the system of equations.


} } } } }
53. 3Ïx 1 5Ïy 5 31 54. 5Ïx 2 2Ïy 5 4Ï 2
} } } } }
5Ïx 2 5Ïy 5 215 2Ïx 1 3Ïy 5 13Ï 2

55. CHALLENGE Give an example of a radical equation that has two extraneous
solutions.

PROBLEM SOLVING
EXAMPLE 2 56. MAXIMUM SPEED In an amusement park ride called the Sky Flyer,
on p. 453 a rider suspended by a cable swings back and forth like a pendulum
for Exs. 56–57 from a tall tower. A rider’s maximum speed v (in meters per second)
occurs at the bottom of each swing and can be approximated by
}
v 5 Ï 2gh where h is the height (in meters) at the top of each swing
and g is the acceleration due to gravity (g ø 9.8 m/sec2). If a rider’s
maximum speed was 15 meters per second, what was the rider’s
height at the top of the swing?

5&9"4 GPSQSPCMFNTPMWJOHIFMQBUDMBTT[POFDPN
GPSQSPCMFNTPMWJOHIFMQBUDMBTT[POFDPN

6.6 Solve Radical Equations 457

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