The first step in solving the equation is to add  to both sides so that we can set the new equation equal to  so that we can factor it.

We now need to factor it. We need to find two numbers,  and , such that  and .

Those two numbers are 

Our new factored expression becomes

Now we can easily identify that the values that satisfy this equation are .

In order to set this up for completing the square, we need to move the 135 to the other side:

Now the equation is in the form:

To complete the square we need to add to both sides the folowing value:

So we need to add 9 to both sides of the equation:

Now we can factor the left side and simplify the left side:

Now we need to take the square root of both sides:

**NOTE: Don't foget to add the plus or minus symbol. We add this becase there are two values we can square to get 144:

and

**End note

Now we can split into two equations and solve for x:

and

So our solution is:

There is a common variable  in each term.  Pull this out as a common factor.

Factor  .

The common factors that will achieve the middle term and will have a product of 36 is four and nine.  Write the binomials.

The cubics here cannot be simplified any further.

The answer is:  

Move one radical to the other side, then square, thereby yielding an equation with only one radical.

Isolate the radical on one side, then square.

Substitution confirms this to be the only solution.

The area of a rectangle is , where A is the area, L is the length, and W is the width.  The perimeter is given by .  We know that  and .  We can solve for L using   The perimeter is then  feet.

Cube both sides of the equation to form a linear equation, then solve:

Equation 1:

Equation 2:

Equation 3:

Adding the terms of the first and second equations together will yield .

Then, add that to the third equation so that the y and z terms are eliminated. You will get .

This tells us that x = 1. Plug this x = 1 back into the systems of equations.

Now, we can do the rest of the problem by using the substitution method. We'll take the third equation and use it to solve for y.

Plug this y-equation into the first equation (or second equation; it doesn't matter) to solve for z.

We can use this z value to find y

So the solution set is x = 1, y = 2, and z = –5/3.

To solve this problem we can first add  to each side of the equation yielding 

Then we take the square root of both sides to get 

Then we calculate the square root of  which is .

We can solve the system of equations using the substitution method.

Solve for  in the second equation.

Substitute this value of  into the first equation.

Now we can solve for .

Solve for  using the first equation with this new value of .

The solution is the ordered pair .

By substituting  - and, subsequently,  this can be rewritten as a quadratic equation, and solved as such:

We are looking to factor the quadratic expression as , replacing the two question marks with integers with product  and sum 5; these integers are .

Substitute back:

The first factor cannot be factored further. The second factor, however, can itself be factored as the difference of squares:

Set each factor to zero and solve:

Since no real number squared is equal to a negative number, no real solution presents itself here. 

The solution set is .