The people answering 2 are absolute wrong
if it was 2, plug it in
sqrt(4*2+1)+3=0
sqrt(8+1)+3=0
sqrt(9)+3=0
3+3 = 0 not true
There is no real solution
sqrt(4x+1) = -3
2007-01-23 19:02:04
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answer #1
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answered by Bill F 6
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sqrt(4x+1) = -3 Subtract three from both sides
4x+1 = 9 Square both sides to get rid of the root
4x = 8 Subtract one to leave the factor by itself
x = 2 Divide by 4 on both sides to determine the value of x
2007-01-24 02:46:24
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answer #2
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answered by Morphage 3
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You have,
sqrt(4x+1) +3=0
So,
sqrt(4x+1) = -3
Squaring both sides,
4x +1 =9
4x = 8
x =2
Hence the solution is x=2
And there is no case of any negative root, only this answer will come as we are squaring both sides and not taking the
underroot.
2007-01-24 02:44:56
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answer #3
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answered by Amit B 2
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sqrt(4x+1)=-3
sq. both sides
4x+1=9
4x=9-1
x=8/4
x=2
2007-01-24 02:57:53
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answer #4
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answered by naveed m 1
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â[4x+1] = -3
4x + 1 = 9
4x = 8
x = 2
This works if you take the negative root only.
NOTE: â9 = ±3: 3 * 3 = 9, (-3) * (-3) = 9
Both Mathcad and Excel Solver give the solution as x = 2
2007-01-24 02:44:54
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answer #5
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answered by gp4rts 7
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The square root of any number can only be positive. (Positive x Positive = Positive, Negative x Negative = Positive, only Negative x Positive = Negative.) Since, no positive number plus 3 can equal 0, the equasion is invalid. It does not matter what 4x + 1 is equal to, because its square root is positive. There is no correct answer.
2007-01-24 02:55:04
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answer #6
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answered by nightracker303 2
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This has no real solution.
But it probably has a complex solution. I'm too drunk and too tired to solve it for you, but I'll tell you how to approach it. Replace the real variable x by the complex variable Z= a+ib, where
i= sqrt(-1).
This gives you:
(5a +_4bi)^(1/2) = -3
Use Euler's Identity:
e^(ix) = cosx + isin(x)
This should yield a complex solution for z.
2007-01-24 02:45:32
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answer #7
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answered by Steve P 2
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short and simple. x=2
2007-01-24 03:30:29
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answer #8
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answered by Az 3
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