Please help! Explain in your own words what an extraneous root is

asked Sep 5, 2023 26.4k views

3 votes

Please help!
Explain in your own words what an extraneous root is

6.6k points

Please log in or register to add a comment.

9 votes

An extraneous root is a solution to an equation that appears to be correct until doing the math to check, which the solution is false.

Eward answered Sep 10, 2023

by Eward

7.0k points

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

7.6m questions

10.2m answers