Provide an appropriate response.Explain why the equation x2 = 16 has two real-number solutions, while the equation  has only one real number solution.

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Answers may vary. One possibility: Taking the square root of both sides of the first equation produces  thus, the equation has two real-number solutions. (This is consistent with the fact that the square of a number is the same as the square of its additive inverse.) However, squaring both sides of the second equation (i.e., applying the power rule), produces  thus, the equation has one real-number solution.

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