X2/(x-0.0278)2 = 2.72x10-3 to solve for x

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May someone help me understand how to solve this? If it needs a quadratic, can you write out exactly how it is set up? I am still so confused.

X2/(x-0.0278)2 = 2.72x10-3 to solve for x. X is allegedly 0.2829 but I can't get my equation correct to get that.

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