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Ayana and Leah both showed how they worked through the quadratic equation:
(x-5)^2 +4 = 16

Ayana took the square root of both sides and rewrote the equation as (x-5) + 2= 4 then solved for x.

Leah isolated the (x-5)^2 by subtracting 4 from both sides and then took the square root from both sides. After that she solved for x.

Ayana's answer was x=7
Leah's answer was x= 5 plus or minus the square root of 12.

Who was wrong and why?

User Passsy
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Answer:

No one was wrong.

Explanation:

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Answer:

Explanation:

(x-5)^2+2^2=4^2

x-5+2=4

x=7

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