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Solve for a

c=b **square root**a+d
please help
Reply 2
Original post by AlevelMaths42
please help


what have you done so far?
get rid of the root by squaring both sides and start from there



Original post by AlevelMaths42
c=b **square root**a+d
Original post by solC
what have you done so far?


I got a= c^2-b-d
Reply 5
Original post by AlevelMaths42
I got a= c^2-b-d


what did you do to get to that?
That is impossible to solve unless you have the values for b c and d or are meant to give it in terms of b c and d in which case it is just rearranging
Original post by solC
what did you do to get to that?


square to get rid off the square root so i had c^2=b+a+d
then just subtract them
Reply 8
Original post by AlevelMaths42
square to get rid off the square root so i had c^2=b+a+d
then just subtract them


If you square both sides remember you need to square the b too, so after you square both sides you should have
c2=b2(a+d) c^2=b^2(a+d)
so you then need to divide both sides by b2b^2 and subtract d
Original post by solC
If you square both sides remember you need to square the b too, so after you square both sides you should have
c2=b2(a+d) c^2=b^2(a+d)
so you then need to divide both sides by b2b^2 and subtract d


Okay thanks but how do i write it? like this?

c^2-d/b^2=a
or
(c^2/b^2)-d=a
Reply 10
Original post by AlevelMaths42
Okay thanks but how do i write it? like this?

c^2-d/b^2=a
or
(c^2/b^2)-d=a


the second one :smile:
Original post by solC
the second one :smile:


okay thanks
Reply 12
Original post by AlevelMaths42
okay thanks

No worries

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