Given (x – 7)2 = 36, select the values of x.

Take the square root of both sides: x − 7 = 6 or x − 7 = −6. Adding 7 gives x = 13 or x = 1, so the correct choices are x = 13 and x = 1. The other values do not make (x − 7)² equal 36.

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