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If w2+15=40 what would w be ?

User Sanmeet
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\fbox{w=5 or w=-5}

Subtract 15 from both sides:


w^2+15-15=40-15


w^2=25

Take square root:


w= ±
√(25)


w=5\\or\\w=-5

User Guto Araujo
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