Solve for x.
Sqrt8 (Sqrt2 - x) = 11

Answer:[tex]\frac{-7\sqrt{2} }{4}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
So first, let's get rid of the parentheses. We can multiply it out to get [tex]\sqrt{16}-x\sqrt{8} =11[/tex]. We know that the square root of 16 is ±4, so now our equation is ±4 - [tex]x\sqrt{8}[/tex]=11. I'm guessing since the problem only has one solution it's most likely only positive 4, so let's revise our equation to 4 - [tex]x\sqrt{8}[/tex]=11. We can use inverse operations to make the a little easier to solve: -7= [tex]x\sqrt{8}[/tex]. We divide both sides by [tex]\sqrt{8}[/tex] to get [tex]\frac{-7}{\sqrt{8} } =x[/tex], which we can rationalize (remove the square root from the denominator so that it's a proper answer) by multiplying by [tex]\frac{\sqrt{8} }{\sqrt{8} }[/tex] (which is equal to one so we can use it) which is equal to [tex]\frac{-7\sqrt{8} }{8}[/tex]. Let's finish this by simplifying it. [tex]\sqrt{8} =2\sqrt{2}[/tex] (2x[tex]2^{2}[/tex]). We can simplify it further by simplifying the 2, making it [tex]\frac{-7\sqrt{2} }{4}[/tex].
Hope this wasn't too confusing! I'll answer any questions.
Answer:
x = -7 sqrt(2)/4
Step-by-step explanation:
Sqrt8 (Sqrt2 - x) = 11
Simplify sqrt(8) = sqrt(4*2) = 2 sqrt(2)
2 sqrt(2) (Sqrt2 - x) = 11
Distribute
2 *2 - 2 sqrt(2) x = 11
4 - 2 sqrt(2)x = 11
Subtract 4 from each side
4-2sqrt(2)x -4 = 11-4
-2 sqrt(2)x = 7
Divide each side by -2 sqrt(2)
-2 sqrt(2)x /-2 sqrt(2) = 7/ -2 sqrt(2)
x = - 7/ 2 sqrt(2)
Multiply top and bottom by sqrt(2)
x = - 7/ 2 sqrt(2) * sqrt(2)/ sqrt(2)
x = -7 sqrt(2)/4