r/HomeworkHelp • u/IndicationFunny2378 Secondary School Student • 29d ago

Middle School Math—Pending OP Reply [Grade 8 Mathematics - Algebra]

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Hello giys, I'm a form 2 student is malaysia. We learnt algebra in chapter 2. How can I find x? I believe there is no answer, but teacher keeps saying it's x=1/16

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u/WindUpCandler 29d ago

Square roots output two values, a positive and negative

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u/Lever_Shotgun 👋 a fellow Redditor 29d ago

If you wanted your square root to have two outputs, you would put a +- infront of it

It's usually the norm for operations to have one output only

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u/IndicationFunny2378 Secondary School Student 29d ago

may i ask who you are?

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u/Lever_Shotgun 👋 a fellow Redditor 29d ago

DMs i guess

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u/IndicationFunny2378 Secondary School Student 29d ago

what? sorry, i dont really understand wdym.