I was asked to solve the following equation using any method. This is #81 of 1.4. The answer in the book is -2 plus/minus the square root of two. The question I have is why am I not able to do the following. I moved -2 to the left side of the equation to set it = to 0. The equation is now a perfect square trinomial = 0. If I use the square root property, m + 2 = 0. By subtracting 2 from both sides I am left with m = 2. Please refer to attached photo.
I was asked to solve the following equation using any method. This is #81 of 1.4. The answer in the book is -2 plus/minus the square root of two. The question I have is why am I not able to do the following. I moved -2 to the left side of the equation to set it = to 0. The equation is now a perfect square trinomial = 0. If I use the square root property, m + 2 = 0. By subtracting 2 from both sides I am left with m = 2. Please refer to attached photo.
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I was asked to solve the following equation using any method. This is #81 of 1.4. The answer in the book is -2 plus/minus the square root of two. The question I have is why am I not able to do the following. I moved -2 to the left side of the equation to set it = to 0. The equation is now a perfect square trinomial = 0. If I use the square root property, m + 2 = 0. By subtracting 2 from both sides I am left with m = 2. Please refer to attached photo.
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