Question

Which of the following are solutions to the equation below?

Check all that apply.
(3x - 5)^2 = 19

Answer 1

Take the square root of each side of the equation to set up the solution for

Remove the perfect root factor

under the radical to solve

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Answer 2

To solve the answer, you can do it in 2 ways:

1) you could take the square root on both sides and solve for x

OR

2)you could multiply 3x-5 times itself and subtract 19 on both sides and use the grouping or quadratic formula method to find x.

Hope it helps.