How do you solve $4x^2=52$ solve using the square root property?

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Answer 1 · 2015-02-08T03:53:27

Using the square root property to solve this problem involves the following steps.

Isolate the squared term. (Already isolated.)

$4x^2 = 52$

Take the square of both sides, indicating that the solution can be positive or negative.

$sqrt(4x^2) = +-sqrt(52)$

Solve for x.

$2x = +-sqrt(4·13)$

$2x = +-sqrt(4)·sqrt(13)$

$2x = +-2 sqrt(13)$

$x = +-sqrt(13)$

How do you solve 4x^2=524x^2=52 solve using the square root property?