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Explain what it means for a solution of an equation to be extraneous.

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Extraneous Solutions An extraneous solution is a root of a transformed equation that is not a root of the original equation because it was excluded from the domain of the original equation. Example 1: Solve for x, 1 x − 2 + 1 x + 2 = 4 (x − 2) (x + 2).

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