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Provide an Appropriate Response x+3=5x=2(x)2=22x=4\begin{gathered}\sqrt{x}+3=5 \\\sqrt{x}=2 \\(\sqrt{x})^{2}=2^{2} \\x=4\end{gathered} What Would Have Happened If the Radical Had Not Been

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Provide an appropriate response.
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x+3=5x=2(x)2=22x=4\begin{gathered}\sqrt{x}+3=5 \\\sqrt{x}=2 \\(\sqrt{x})^{2}=2^{2} \\x=4\end{gathered}
What would have happened if the radical had not been isolated before the principle of squaring was used? Could the equation still have been solved? Why or why not?

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