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Warm Up
California Standards
Lesson Presentation

2. Warm Up
Solve each equation.
1. 3x +5 = 17
2. 4x + 1 = 2x – 3 3.
4. (x + 7)(x – 4) = 0
5. x2 – 11x + 30 = 0
6. x2 = 2x + 15 4 –2 35
–7, 4
6, 5
5, –3

3. California
Standards
Extension of Students understand and use such operations as taking the opposite, finding the reciprocal, taking a root, and raising to a fractional power. They understand and use the rules of exponents.

4. Vocabulary
radical equation

5. A radical equation is an equation that contains a variable within a radical. In this chapter, you will study radical equations that contain only square roots.
Recall that you use inverse operations to solve equations. For nonnegative numbers, squaring and taking the square root are inverse operations. When an equation contains a variable within a square root, you can solve by squaring both sides of the equation.

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7. Additional Example 1A: Solving Simple Radical Equations
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
x = 25
Check
Substitute 25 for x in the original equation. 5 5 
Simplify.

8. Additional Example 1B: Solving Simple Radical Equations
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
100 = 2x
50 = x
Divide both sides by 2.
Check
Substitute 50 for x in the original equation. 
Simplify.

9.  Check It Out! Example 1a Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
Simplify.
Check
Substitute 36 for x in the original equation. 
Simplify.

10.  Check It Out! Example 1b Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
81 = 27x
3 = x
Divide both sides by 27.
Check
Substitute 3 for x in the original equation. 
Simplify.

11.  Check It Out! Example 1c Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
3x = 1
Divide both sides by 3.
Check
Substitute for x in the original equation. 
Simplify.

12. Check It Out! Example 1d
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
x = 12
Multiply both sides by 3.

13. Check It Out! Example 1d continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 12 for x.
Simplify.
2 2 

14. Some square-root equations do not have the square root isolated
Some square-root equations do not have the square root isolated. To solve these equations, you may have to isolate the square root before squaring both sides. You can do this by using one or more inverse operations.

15. Additional Example 2A: Solving Simple Radical Equations
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Add 4 to both sides.
Square both sides.
x = 81
Check
9 – 4 5 
5 5

16. Additional Example 2B: Solving Simple Radical Equations
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
x = 46
Subtract 3 from both sides.
Check 
7 7

17. Additional Example 2C: Solving Simple Radical Equations
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Subtract 6 from both sides.
Square both sides.
5x + 1 = 16
5x = 15
Subtract 1 from both sides.
x = 3
Divide both sides by 5.

18. Additional Example 2C Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check 

19.  Check It Out! Example 2a Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Add 2 to both sides.
Square both sides.
x = 9
Check
1 1 

20.  Check It Out! Example 2b Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
x = 18
Subtract 7 from both sides.
Check 
5 5

21. Check It Out! Example 2c
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Add 1 to both sides.
Square both sides.
3x = 9
Subtract 7 from both sides.
x = 3
Divide both sides by 3.

22. Check It Out! Example 2c Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
3 3 

23. Additional Example 3A: Solving Radical Equations by Multiplying or Dividing
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 1
Divide both sides by 4.
Square both sides.
x = 64

24. Additional Example 3A Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 2
Square both sides.
x = 64
Divide both sides by 16.

25. Additional Example 3A Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 64 for x in the original equation. 
Simplify.

26. Additional Example 3B: Solving Radical Equations by Multiplying or Dividing
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 1
Multiply both sides by 2.
Square both sides.
144 = x

27. Additional Example 3B Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 2
Square both sides.
Multiply both sides by 4.
144 = x

28. Additional Example 3B Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 144 for x in the original equation.
Simplify. 

29. Check It Out! Example 3a
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 1
Divide both sides by 2.
Square both sides.

30. Check It Out! Example 3a Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 2
Square both sides.
Divide both sides by 4.
x = 121

31. Check It Out! Example 3a Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 121 for x in the original equation. 
Simplify.

32. Check It Out! Example 3b
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 1
Multiply both sides by 4.
Square both sides.
64 = x

33. Check It Out! Example 3b Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 2
Square both sides.
Multiply both sides by 16.

34. Check It Out! Example 3b Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 64 for x in the original equation.
Simplify. 

35. Check It Out! Example 3c
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 1
Multiply both sides by 5.
Square both sides.
Divide both sides by 4.
x = 100

36. Check It Out! Example 3c Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Method 2
Square both sides.
Multiply both sides by 25.
4x = 400
x = 100
Divide both sides by 4.

37. Check It Out! Example 3c Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 100 for x in the original equation. 4
Simplify.
4 4 

38. Additional Example 4A: Solving Radical Equations with Square Roots on Both Sides
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
2x – 1 = x + 7
Add 1 to both sides and subtract x from both sides.
x = 8
Check 

39. Additional Example 4B: Solving Radical Equations with Square Roots on Both Sides
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Add to both sides.
Square both sides.
5x – 4 = 6
5x = 10
Add 4 to both sides.
x = 2
Divide both sides by 5.

40. Additional Example 4B Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
0 0 

41. Check It Out! Example 4a
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
Subtract x from both sides and subtract 2 from both sides.
2x = 4
x = 2
Divide both sides by 2.

42. Check It Out! Example 4a Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check 

43. Check It Out! Example 4b
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Add to both sides.
Square both sides.
2x – 5 = 6
2x = 11
Add 5 to both sides.
Divide both sides by 2.

44. Check It Out! Example 4b Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
0 0 

45. Squaring both sides of an equation may result in an extraneous solution.
Suppose your original equation is x = 3.
x = 3
x2 = 9
Square both sides. Now you have a new equation.
Solve this new equation for x by taking the square root of both sides.
x = 3 or x = –3

46. Now there are two solutions of the new equation
Now there are two solutions of the new equation. One (x = 3) is the original equation. The other (x = –3) is extraneous–it is not a solution of the original equation. Because of extraneous solutions, it is especially important to check your answers to radical equations.

47. Additional Example 5A: Extraneous Solutions
Solve Check your answer.
Subtract 12 from each sides.
Square both sides
6x = 36
x = 6
Divide both sides by 6.

48. Additional Example 5A Continued
Solve Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 6 for x in the equation. 
6 does not check; Ø.

49. Additional Example 5B: Extraneous Solutions
Solve Check your answer.
Square both sides
x2 = 2x + 3
x2 – 2x – 3 = 0
Write in standard form.
(x – 3)(x + 1) = 0
Factor.
x – 3 = 0 or x + 1 = 0
Zero-Product Property
x = 3 or x = –1
Solve for x.

50. Additional Example 5B Continued
Solve Check your answer.
Check
Substitute –1 for x in the equation.  –
Substitute 3 for x in the equation. 
–1 does not check; it is extraneous. The only solution is 3.

51. Check It Out! Example 5a
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Subtract 11 from both sides.
Square both sides.
x = 5
Simplify.

52. Check It Out! Example 5a Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 5 for x in the equation. 
The answer is extraneous.

53. Check It Out! Example 5b
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides
x2 = –3x – 2
x2 + 3x + 2 = 0
Write in standard form.
(x + 1)(x + 2) = 0
Factor.
x + 1 = 0 or x + 2 = 0
Zero-Product Property
x = –1 or x = –2
Solve for x.

54. Check It Out! Example 5b Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute –1 for x in the equation. 
Substitute –2 for x in the equation. – 
Both answers are extraneous.

55. Check It Out! Example 5c
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Square both sides.
x2 – 4x + 4 = x
Subtract x from both sides.
x2 – 5x + 4 = 0
(x – 1)(x – 4) = 0
Factor.
x – 1 = 0 or x – 4 = 0
Zero-Product Property
x = 1 or x = 4
Solve for x.

56. Check It Out! Example 5c Continued
Solve the equation. Check your answer.
Check
Substitute 1 for x in the equation. 
Substitute 4 for x in the equation. 
1 does not check; it is extraneous. The only solution is 4.

57. Additional Example 6: Geometry Application
A triangle has an area of 36 square feet, its base is 8 feet, and its height is feet. What is the value of x? What is the height of the triangle?
8 ft
Use the formula for area of a triangle.
Substitute 8 for b, 36 for A, and for h.
Simplify.
Divide both sides by 4.

58. Additional Example 6 Continued
A triangle has an area of 36 square feet, its base is 8 feet, and its height is feet. What is the value of x? What is the height of the triangle?
8 ft
Square both sides.
81 = x – 1
82 = x

59. Additional Example 6 Continued
A triangle has an area of 36 square feet, its base is 8 feet, and its height is feet. What is the value of x? What is the height of the triangle?
8 ft
Check
Substitute 82 for x. 
The value of x is 82. The height of the triangle is feet.

60. Check It Out! Example 6
A rectangle has an area of 15 cm2. Its width is 5 cm, and its length is ( ) cm. What is the value of x? What is the length of the rectangle? 5
A = lw
Use the formula for area of a rectangle.
Substitute 5 for w, 15 for A, and for l.
Divide both sides by 5.

61. Check It Out! Example 6 Continued
A rectangle has an area of 15 cm2. Its width is 5 cm, and its length is ( ) cm. What is the value of x? What is the length of the rectangle? 5
Square both sides.
8 = x
The value of x is 8. The length of the rectangle is
cm.

62. Check It Out! Example 6 Continued
A rectangle has an area of 15 cm2. Its width is 5 cm, and its length is ( ) cm. What is the value of x? What is the length of the rectangle? 5
Check
A = lw
Substitute 8 for x. 

63. ø Lesson Quiz Solve each equation. Check your answer. 1. 36 2. 45 3.4. 11 5. 4 6. 4
7. A triangle has an area of 48 square feet, its base is 6 feet, and its height is feet. What is the value of x? What is the height of the triangle?
253; 16 ft