SOLUTION: solve for x (square root 3x+1) -1=x-4

Question 77353: solve for x
(square root 3x+1) -1=x-4
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve for x: Hint: Isolate the radical.
First, add 1 to both sides of the equation.
Now square both sides.
Next, subtract 3x from both sides.
Now subtract 1 from both sides.
or:
Solve this quadratic equation by factoring.
Apply the zero products principle:
or
The solutions:

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