Solve for s 2s^2=50

$2 s^{2} = 50$

Step 1

Divide each term in $2 s^{2} = 50$ by $2$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $2 s^{2} = 50$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 s^{2}}{2} = \frac{50}{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 s^{2}}{2} = \frac{50}{2}$

Divide $s^{2}$ by $1$ .

$s^{2} = \frac{50}{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $50$ by $2$ .

$s^{2} = 25$

Step 2

Take the square root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$s = \pm \sqrt{25}$

Step 3

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{25}$ .

Rewrite $25$ as $5^{2}$ .

$s = \pm \sqrt{5^{2}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$s = \pm 5$

Step 4

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

First, use the positive value of the $\pm$ to find the first solution.

$s = 5$

Next, use the negative value of the $\pm$ to find the second solution.

$s = - 5$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

$s = 5, - 5$