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I got 3x but when I put it in the answer was wrong

I got 3x but when I put it in the answer was wrong-example-1
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\begin{gathered} \sqrt[]{9x^2} \\ \text{rewrite the expression as factors} \\ \sqrt[]{3\cdot3\cdot x\cdot x} \\ \text{pair them and get them out of the root} \\ \sqrt[]{(3^2)\cdot(x^2)}=3x \\ \text{cancel the squares} \\ \sqrt[]{9x^2}=3x \end{gathered}

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