Determine the values of x for the equation: x2 = 64

Question

Group of answer choices

x = ±32

x = ±8

x = −8

Answer 1

To solve the equation \( x^2 = 64 \), we can take the square root of both sides.

This leads to:

\[ x = \pm \sqrt{64} \]

Calculating the square root:

\[ \sqrt{64} = 8 \]

Thus, we have:

\[ x = \pm 8 \]

So the correct values of \( x \) are \( x = 8 \) and \( x = -8 \).

The correct answer is:

x = ±8