Question 3 • Algebra II
Squaring both sides gives (m − 3)² = 19 − 3m, which simplifies to (m − 5)(m + 2) = 0. The candidates are m = 5 and m = −2; checking m = −2 in the original equation gives −5 = 5, which is false, so m = −2 is extraneous.
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