Solve for x square root of x+4=-10

$\sqrt{x + 4} = - 10$

Step 1

To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, square both sides of the equation.

${\sqrt{x + 4}}^{2} = {(- 10)}^{2}$

Step 2

Simplify each side of the equation.

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{x + 4}$ as ${(x + 4)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

${({(x + 4)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = {(- 10)}^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${({(x + 4)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Multiply the exponents in ${({(x + 4)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

${(x + 4)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(- 10)}^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(x + 4)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(- 10)}^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(x + 4)}^{1} = {(- 10)}^{2}$

Simplify.

$x + 4 = {(- 10)}^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Raise $- 10$ to the power of $2$ .

$x + 4 = 100$

Step 3

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $4$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = 100 - 4$

Subtract $4$ from $100$ .

$x = 96$

Step 4

Exclude the solutions that do not make $\sqrt{x + 4} = - 10$ true.

$No solution$