Thread: Need help simplifying this equation...

Hi all Thanks in advance for help! Trying to simplify: (x-a)^2 = b I believe the answer is x = a+b or a-b... can you please show working? Thanks!

If by simplify you mean solve for x then



Take the square root of both sides

Add a to both sides to give

Which is close to your answer if you write it this way

Thanks!