SOLUTION: Please help me solve: {{{ sqrt(5x+1) = x-4 }}}

SOLUTION: Please help me solve: {{{ sqrt(5x+1) = x-4 }}}

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Question 155522: Please help me solve:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve for x:
Square both sides of the equation.
Subtract 5x from both sides.
Subtract 1 from both sides.
This is not factorable so use the quadratic formula: Here, a = 1, b = -13, and c = 15, so make the appropriate substitutions:
Simplify.

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