Curriculum placement
Algebra 2. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
Equations with one square root
Isolate a square root and solve an equation with a constant right side
Problem types
- Extraneous candidate, square root
- Solve an isolated square root
- Isolate the square root first
Builds on
Leads to
- Solving radical equations
- Distance in the coordinate plane · See it applied
The distance formula contains a square root, so finding a point at a given distance solves a square root equation.
Related skills
- Shifts, stretches, and reflections of graphs · Related idea
The graph of a square root equation is the root function shifted and stretched, so solving it reads where the shifted graph meets a line.
- Why each equation step is valid · Shared foundations
- Rearranging a formula · Shared foundations
- A graph as the solution set · Shared foundations
- Linear equations from constraints · Shared foundations
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