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Revision as of 17:33, 22 April 2011
Problem
If , then
Solution
Cross-multiplying leaves
$<cmath> \begin{align*}\dfrac{x^2}{8} &= 8\\ x^2 &= 64\\ \sqrt{x} &= \sqrt{64}\\ x &= \pm 8\end{align*} </cmath>$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
So the answer is .