How do you solve $(4x + 3)^2 = 6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-29T14:40:42

Take the square root then solve two linear equations.

Since we have a squared term, lets begin by taking the square root of both sides, so that we have:

$4x+3 = +-sqrt(6)$

Let's subtract 3 on both sides:

$4x = +-sqrt(6) - 3$

Then divide by 4:

$x = (+-sqrt(6)-3)/4$

So we have two solutions:

$x = (sqrt(6)-3)/4$

$x = (-sqrt(6)-3)/4$

Including the $+-$ is important, or else we would have missed one of the solutions.

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