Are both sides equal?

Algebra Level 2

Find x x

x + 8 4 x + 6 = x 2 \large \sqrt{x+ 8 - 4} \sqrt{x+6} = x \sqrt{2}


The answer is 12.

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1 solution

Aaryan Maheshwari
Dec 13, 2017

First of all, we should know that a × b \sqrt{a}\times\sqrt{b} is equal to a b \sqrt{ab} and a x = a 2 x a\sqrt{x}=\sqrt{a^{2}x} . So,

x + 8 4 x + 6 = x 2 ( x + 4 ) ( x + 6 ) = 2 x 2 \sqrt{x+ 8 - 4} \sqrt{x+6} = x \sqrt{2}\space \Rightarrow\space \sqrt{(x+4)(x+6)}=\sqrt{2x^2}

Squaring both sides,

( x + 4 ) ( x + 6 ) = 2 x 2 (x+4)(x+6)=2x^2

Solving the quadratic,we get: x = 2 o r 12 x=-2\space or\space 12

Since x x cannot be negative, x = 12. \Rightarrow\space x=12.

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