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If (10x)^(1/2)=10*10^(1/2), and 10^(-5)/10^(-y)=x, what is y? 16 Feb 2017, 03:23
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If \(\sqrt{10x}=10\sqrt{10}\), and \(\frac{10^{(-5)}}{10^{(-y)}}=x\), what is y?

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If (10x)^(1/2)=10*10^(1/2), and 10^(-5)/10^(-y)=x, what is y? 16 Feb 2017, 03:39
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If \(\sqrt{10x}=10\sqrt{10}\), and \(\frac{10^{(-5)}}{10^{(-y)}}=x\), what is y?

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\(\sqrt{10x}=10\sqrt{10}\)
10x =1000 =>x=100 =>x =\(10^2\)

\(\frac{10^{(-5)}}{10^{(-y)}}=x\)
\(10^{(-5+y)}=x=10^2\)
y-5=2
y=7

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If \(\sqrt{10x}=10\sqrt{10}\), and \(\frac{10^{(-5)}}{10^{(-y)}}=x\), what is y?

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Let’s first determine x:

√(10x) = 10√10

(√10)(√x) = 10√10

√x = 10

x = 100

Now let’s substitute x into the second equation.

10^-5/10^-y = 100

10^(-5 + y) = 10^2

-5 + y = 2

y = 7

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Squaring both the sides, we get:

10x=100*10
x=100=10^2


10^y/10^5= x
x= 10^y-5

10^2= 10^y-5

y-5=2
y= 7
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If \(\sqrt{10x}=10\sqrt{10}\), and \(\frac{10^{(-5)}}{10^{(-y)}}=x\), what is y?

√x = 10

x = 100
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ScottTargetTestPrep why do we not have to check for extraneous solutions? would sqrt(x)=10 mean ±x=100?
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If \(\sqrt{10x}=10\sqrt{10}\), and \(\frac{10^{(-5)}}{10^{(-y)}}=x\), what is y?

√x = 10

x = 100
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Sqrt(x) = 10 always implies x = 100, x = -100 is not a solution here (simply because sqrt(-100) is not 10; it is undefined when you are working with real numbers). The square root function is only defined for positive real numbers; therefore if you are taking the square root of some number and fining 10, the number you had to begin with can only be 100.

One of the situations where you would have extraneous solutions is an equation like x^2 = 100. If this was the case, then both x = 10 and x = -10 would be legitimate solutions (because squaring both will give you 100). On the other hand, sqrt(100) is always 10; in fact, sqrt(a) can be defined as the positive root of the equation x^2 = a.
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