{"id":167865,"date":"2024-11-16T09:28:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T09:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=167865"},"modified":"2024-11-16T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T09:28:26","slug":"solve-for-x-x214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/16\/solve-for-x-x214\/","title":{"rendered":"Solve for x  x2=14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Solve for x x2=14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>x=\u00b118<br>x equals plus or minus 1 eighth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>x=\u00b112<br>x equals plus or minus 1 half<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>x=\u00b1116<br>x equals plus or minus 1 sixteenth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>x=\u00b12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve for ( x ) in the equation ( x^2 = 14 ), we need to isolate ( x ). The equation is a simple quadratic equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Begin with the given equation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>x^2 = 14<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Take the square root of both sides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since ( x^2 ) equals 14, to solve for ( x ), we take the square root of both sides:<br>[<br>x = \\pm \\sqrt{14}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Simplify the square root<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The square root of 14 is approximately 3.74. Since there are no perfect squares involved, the square root cannot be simplified further. Therefore, we get:<br>[<br>x = \\pm 3.74<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that ( x ) can be either a positive or a negative value, and the solutions are approximately ( x = +3.74 ) or ( x = -3.74 ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation of the Options:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s examine the options given in the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>x = \u00b118<\/strong>: This is not correct because ( \\sqrt{14} ) is approximately 3.74, not 18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>x equals plus or minus 1 eighth<\/strong>: This is incorrect because 1\/8 is a much smaller value than the square root of 14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>x = \u00b112<\/strong>: This is incorrect. ( \\sqrt{14} ) is approximately 3.74, so \u00b112 is not the correct solution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>x = \u00b1116<\/strong>: Again, this is incorrect because the square root of 14 is not as large as 116.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>x = \u00b12<\/strong>: This is also incorrect. The square root of 14 is not 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, none of the provided options are correct solutions to the equation. The actual solution is ( x = \\pm \\sqrt{14} ), which is approximately ( x = \\pm 3.74 ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct solution to ( x^2 = 14 ) is ( x = \\pm \\sqrt{14} ), which approximates to ( x = \\pm 3.74 ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solve for x x2=14 Responses x=\u00b118x equals plus or minus 1 eighth x=\u00b112x equals plus or minus 1 half x=\u00b1116x equals plus or minus 1 sixteenth x=\u00b12 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: To solve for ( x ) in the equation ( x^2 = 14 ), we need to isolate ( x ). 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