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

Interpret (x – 7)2 as (x – 7)². Taking the square root gives x – 7 = 6 or x – 7 = –6, so x = 13 or x = 1. Therefore, the correct choices are x = 13 and x = 1.

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