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A maintenance engineer is solving the equation q2+3=4q+1\sqrt{q - 2} + 3 = \sqrt{4q + 1} to determine the necessary flow rate qq for a hydraulic system. After squaring both sides once and simplifying the equation to $6\sqrt{q - 2} = 3q - 6,theengineernoticesthataradicaltermstillremains.TrueorFalse:Tosuccessfullyeliminatethisremainingradicalandsolvefor, the engineer notices that a radical term still remains. True or False: To successfully eliminate this remaining radical and solve for q$, the engineer must isolate the radical term and square both sides of the equation a second time.

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