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Solve the equation
√(2x + 5 \: \:) = 3

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Question:

solve the equation:


\sqrt[]{2x+5}\text{ = 3}

Solution:

Let the following expression:


\sqrt[]{2x+5}\text{ = 3}

Squaring both sides of the equation, we obtain:


2x+5\text{ = }9

solving for 2x, we get:


2x\text{ = 9-5 = 4}

solving for x, we get:


x\text{ = }(4)/(2)\text{ = 2}

then, we can conclude that the correct solution is:


x\text{ = 2}

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