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by selimsulos
Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:41 pm
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Math
Topic: Is sqrt((x-3)^2) = 3 - x?
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Re: Is sqrt((x-3)^2) = 3 - x?

Folks, I was reading this past thread and I am getting confused here.. The square root of a number is NOT always positive - For example 4^(1/2) has two different roots - one is 2 and the other is (-2).. For that reason, if I plug in 5 fore X, the equation gives us -2 for the answer which is a root o...