x 2 25 = 36 What is a solution to the given equation?

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Choice B is correct. Multiplying the left- and right-hand sides of the given equation by 25 yields x 2 = 900 . Taking the square root of the left- and right-hand sides of this equation yields x = 30 or x = - 30 . Of these two solutions, only 30 is given as a choice. Choice A is incorrect. This is a solution to the equation x 2 = 36 . Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors. Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

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