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Equations with square roots & cube roots

Omar tried to solve the following equation.
x2=100x2=±100Step 1x=±10Step 2x=10  or  x=10Step 3\qquad\begin{aligned} x^2&=100\\\\ \\ \sqrt{x^2}&=\pm\sqrt{100}&\green{\text{Step } 1}\\\\ \\ x &=\pm \:10&\blue{\text{Step } 2}\\\\ \\ x&=10 ~\text{ or }~ x = -10&\purple{\text{Step } 3} \\\\ \end{aligned}
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