Note:
Solve for x in the following equation.
Example 3:
Solve
The answers are 9.472135955, 0.527864045, 4.64575131106 and
-0.64575131105. These answers may or may not be solutions to the original
equation. You must verify each of the answers. In this case, two of the
answers will be discarded as extraneous solutions.
Check the solutions:
Check the answer x=9.472135955 by substituting 9.472135955 in the
original equation for x. If the left side of the equation equals the right
side of the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct
answer.
Since the left side of the original equation is not equal to the right side
of the original equation after -0.64575131105 was substituted for x, , the
answer x=-0.64575131105 is a not solution to the original
equation. Since we rounded the solution, the check will not be exact.
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Since the left side of the original equation is equal to the right side of
the original equation after 9.472135955 was substituted for x, the answer
x=9.472135955 is a solution to the original equation.
Check x=0.527864045 by substituting 0.527864045 in the original equation
for x. If the left side of the equation equals the right side of the
equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.
Since the left side of the original equation is not equal to the right side
of the original equation after 0.527864045 is substituted for x, the answer
x=0.527864045 is not a solution to the original equation.
Check x=4.64575131106 by substituting 4.64575131106 in the original
equation for x. If the left side of the equation equals the right side of
the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct
answer.
Since the left side of the original equation is equal to the right side of
the original equation after 4.64575131106 was substituted for x, the
answer x=4.64575131106 is a solution to the original equation.
Check x=-0.64575131105 by substituting -0.64575131105 in the original
equation for x. If the left side of the equation equals the right side of
the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct
answer.
The solutions are x=9.472135955 and 4.64575131106.
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