Hi Guys
I keep on doing something wrong when I simplify QC algebra questions, but I am not sure if there is a rule I am not following. I have two examples, both are from the homework from this video
Below I attach the questions and my working. I understand what the correct solutions are, but am not sure why my alternative method is not correct. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
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Hey so for the first question, x can be zero, since they haven’t mentioned that x is not equal to zero. So you are not allowed to divide by zero.(14)
For the second one(11), when you are taking a square root, you need to take booth, the positive and negative values. For example, if x=5, A is 9 and B is 49 and for x=-5, A is 49 and B is 9.
square root of (x-2)^2 can be +(x-2) and -(x-2).
Hope it helps.
Thank you sooo much - these were driving me nuts! Tricky conceptual applications!
Cheers
