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5.2E: Exercises

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    Practice Makes Perfect

    Solve Radical Equations

    In the following exercises, solve.

    1. \(\sqrt{5 x-6}=8\)
    2. \(\sqrt{5 x+1}=-3\)
    3. \(\sqrt[3]{2 x}=-2\)
    4. \(\sqrt{2 m-3}-5=0\)
    5. \(\sqrt{6 v-2}-10=0\)
    6. \(\sqrt{4 m+2}+2=6\)
    7. \(\sqrt{2 u-3}+2=0\)
    8. \(\sqrt{u-3}+3=u\)
    9. \(\sqrt{r-1}=r-1\)
    10. \(\sqrt[3]{6 x+4}=4\)
    11. \(\sqrt[3]{4 x+5}-2=-5\)
    12. \((6 x+1)^{\frac{1}{2}}-3=4\)
    13. \((8 x+5)^{\frac{1}{3}}+2=-1\)
    14. \((12 x-3)^{\frac{1}{4}}-5=-2\)
    15. \(\sqrt{x+1}-x+1=0\)
    16. \(\sqrt{z+100}-z=-10\)
    17. \(3 \sqrt{2 x-3}-20=7\)
    18. \(2 \sqrt{8 r+1}-8=2\)
    Answer
    1. \(x=14\)
    2. no solution
    3. \(x=-4\)
    4. \(m=14\)
    5. \(v=17\)
    6. \(m=\frac{7}{2}\)
    7. no solution
    8. \(u=3, u=4\)
    9. \(r=1, r=2\)
    10. \(x=10\)
    11. \(x=-8\)
    12. \(x=8\)
    13. \(x=-4\)
    14. \(x=7\)
    15. \(x=3\)
    16. \(z=21\)
    17. \(x=42\)
    18. \(r=3\)
    Solve Radical Equations with Two Radicals

    In the following exercises, solve.

    1. \(\sqrt{3 u+7}=\sqrt{5 u+1}\)
    2. \(\sqrt{8+2 r}=\sqrt{3 r+10}\)
    3. \(\sqrt[3]{5 x-1}=\sqrt[3]{x+3}\)
    4. \(\sqrt[3]{2 x^{2}+9 x-18}=\sqrt[3]{x^{2}+3 x-2}\)
    5. \(\sqrt{a}+2=\sqrt{a+4}\)
    6. \(\sqrt{u}+1=\sqrt{u+4}\)
    7. \(\sqrt{a+5}-\sqrt{a}=1\)
    8. \(\sqrt{2 x+1}=1+\sqrt{x}\)
    9. \(\sqrt{2 x-1}-\sqrt{x-1}=1\)
    10. \(\sqrt{x+7}-\sqrt{x-5}=2\)
    Answer
    1. \(u=3\)
    2. \(r=-2\)
    3. \(x=1\)
    4. \(x=-8, x=2\)
    5. \(a=0\)
    6. \(u=\frac{9}{4}\)
    7. \(a=4\)
    8. \(x=0\: x=4\)
    9. \(x=1\: x=5\)
    10. \(x=9\)
    Writing Exercises
    1. Explain why an equation of the form \(\sqrt{x}+1=0\) has no solution.
      1. Solve the equations \(\sqrt{r+4}-r+2=0\).
      2. Explain why one of the "solutions" that was found was not actually a solution to the equation.
    Answer

    29-30. Answers will vary.


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