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When you square each side of an equation, is the resulting equation equivalent to the original?

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yes it is equivalent to the original question.
User Alexander Riedel
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No. That would be False.

Squaring different numbers increases it exponentially, not proportionally.

For example:

1 + 2 = 3


1 ^(2) + 2^(2) \\eq 3^(2)


1 ^(2) +2 ^(2) =5

3^(2) =9

I hope this helped!! :D
User Arthur Truong
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