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Describe how you could use inverse operations to solve the equation √x=4​

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The inverse of a square root is the squaring operation.

Therefore we'll square both sides to get...


√(x) = 4\\\\\left(√(x)\right)^2 = 4^2\\\\x = 16

Final Answer: x = 16

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