Question

Which of the following steps can be performed so that the square root property may easily be applied to 2x2 = 16? (1 point)

1. The square root property requires a quantity squared by itself on one side of the equation. The only quantity squared is 16, so divide both sides by 2 before applying the square root property.
2. The square root property requires a quantity squared by itself on one side of the equation. The only quantity squared is x, so divide both sides by 2 before applying the square root property.
3. The square root property requires a quantity squared by itself on one side of the equation. The only quantity squared is x, so divide both sides by 16 before applying the square root property.
4. The square root property requires a quantity squared by itself on one side of the equation. The only quantity squared is 16, so divide both sides by 16 before applying the square root property.​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

`2x^2 =16`

The square root property requires a quantity squared by itself on one side of the equation. The only quantity squared is x, so divide both sides by 2 before applying the square root property.

The x variable should be isolated on one side of the equation. The x variable is squared so before performing the square root property where we take the square root of both sides, we divide both sides by 2, then take the square root of both sides.

Dividing both sides by 2.

`\displaystyle (2x^2 )/(2) =(16)/(2)`

`x^2 =8`

Taking the square root of both sides.

`√(x^2 ) =\pm √(8)`

`x=\pm 2√(2)`

Answer 2

Option 2

Explanation:

2x² = 16

Since x is completely squared and and 2 isn't , so we need to divide both sides by 2. As to find x , we need to "isolate" x first so that is why we need to get rid of 2 with the x². We'll divide both sides by 2 in order to get rid of 2.

Dividing both sides by 2

=> x² = 8

Now , that is the x is isolated so we'll take square root on both sides

=> x = ±2√2