In algebra this year, I have learned many new things. Although some or most of these were easy, others were very difficult. The most difficult or challenging math concept to grasp in algebra for me has been radicals. They just plain out confuse me. If you had an algebra problem that said, "the square root of x plus three is equal to two-x", how would you approach that???
That was the really confusing part. As it turns out, It was really very simple, the first thing that you do is square both sides. The problem now reads "x-squared plus three equals four-x". Then you subtract four-x from each side, so that it reads "x plus three minus four-x equals zero". then you would find the two factors, in this case they would be: (x+4) and (x-1) they both equal zero, so then you would simply solve the two equations, double chack them, and decide which is the correct answer.
That was the really confusing part. As it turns out, It was really very simple, the first thing that you do is square both sides. The problem now reads "x-squared plus three equals four-x". Then you subtract four-x from each side, so that it reads "x plus three minus four-x equals zero". then you would find the two factors, in this case they would be: (x+4) and (x-1) they both equal zero, so then you would simply solve the two equations, double chack them, and decide which is the correct answer.