Solving Radical Equations

Learn how to solve radical equations in this free math video tutorial by Mario's Math Tutoring. We go through 2 different examples.

0:19 How to Solve Radical Equations...Isolating the Radical
0:48 Squaring Both Sides
1:01 Checking for Extraneous Roots
1:52 Example 2 3x^(2/3) -2 = 10
2:01 Rewriting the Rational Exponent as a Radical
2:32 Raising Both Sides to the Reciprocal Power

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[brolyfilth]

Thanks for your videos and tutorials. Currently on Algebra class. You've been a great help.

[racerunner]

Mario trabajande siempre para ustedes. Mario, you are fluid as you move through equations. Subscribed!

[ram-huhn]

bro this saved my ass so hard like 3 years ago, so much appreciation

[thedeathofbirth]

Mario, I have a question, since in the b part we have variable x to be 4 to the third power. Should we consider both (+8 )and (_ 8 )as answer as to just the principle root? BTW, Thank you for your thorough videos, they are awesome and you rock!

[adhdbookworm]

Subscribed. This is such a great explanation! Thank you so much

[venitocamelo]

my answer was 6 to the second problem and it was ok it was a solution how you got 8 and is still a solution ??

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