How do you solve $-3 sqrt(3x) = -5$ ?

Question

2230 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2015-08-06T06:22:09

$color(blue)(x=25/27$

$-3sqrt(3x) = -5$

Squaring both sides

$(-3sqrt(3x))^2 = (-5)^2$

$9 * 3x = 25$

$27x = 25$

$color(blue)(x=25/27$

Answer 2 · 2018-08-10T03:01:52

$x=25/27$

Let's start by dividing both sides by $-3$ to get

$sqrt(3x)=5/3$

To get rid of the radical, we can square both sides to get

$3x=25/9$

We can multiply both sides by $1/3$ to isolate $x$ to get

$x=25/27$

Hope this helps!

How do you solve -3 sqrt(3x) = -5-3 sqrt(3x) = -5?