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Identify the first step to solving the following equation

Identify the first step to solving the following equation-example-1

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Hi there!

The answer is D.
We need to isolate each square root. We can simply do this by adding
√(4x + 8) to both sides of the equation.

When we isolated the square roots, our equation looks like this:

√(7x - 7) = √(4x + 8)

Now we can easily square both sides of the equation, which would have been much harder earlier.

~ Hope this helps you!
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