Chat with our AI personalities
That's an extraneous solution. You need to check for these when algebraically solving equations, especially when you take both sides of an equation to a power.
to see ifyou made any mistakes
insert the answer in the equation, replacing the variable, and see if it still makes sense.
You cannot. x - 54 is an expression not an equation. An expression has no solution set since there is nothing to solve.
check the solution.