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A technical analyst is verifying candidate solutions for the system equilibrium equation x+2=x\sqrt{x+2} = x. When testing the value x=1x = -1, the analyst finds that the substitution results in the statement $1 = -1,whichisfalse.Accordingtostandardalgebraicprinciplesforradicalequations,whichfundamentalpropertyoftheradicalsymboljustifiestherejectionof, which is false. According to standard algebraic principles for radical equations, which fundamental property of the radical symbol justifies the rejection of x = -1$?

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