algebraic solutions sometimes lose sense of what was positive or negative to begin with, for example squaring both sides of an equation (ex: -3 = 3 is clearly false, but when you square both sides it looks like 9 = 9, a true statement) or, ...
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An Extraneous Solution is a solution of the simplified form of an equation that does not satisfy the original equation. ChaCha!
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Consider, for example, the equation x = 1. Squaring both sides of the equation, which is a perfectly legitimate operation, MORE?
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Extraneous Solution is a solution of the simplified form of an equation that does not satisfy the original equation.
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Why wouldn't it be an extraneous? An extraneous solution is something that is not in the functions domain. 2, is not in the domain.
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Extraneous solutions - values which arise from the solution method but that are not solutions of the original equation.
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