You can find a common demominator and then change 8 1/4 into a mixed number and just subtract
Yes there is an error in this statement.
because x^2 = 25
so x = 5...this is one condition
Another condition is x = -5
(-5)^2 = 25 (this is also true)
The answer I believe is 5.8
Isolate the variable by dividing each side by factors that don't contain the variable.