SOLUTION: {{{sqrt(4x+1)-sqrt(2x+4)=1}}}

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add to both sides of the equation to get:

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square both sides of the eqaution to get:

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combine like terms to get:

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subtract 2x and subtract 5 from both sides of the equation to get:

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simplify to get:

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divide both sides of the equation by 2 to get:

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square both sides of the equation to get:

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simplify to get:

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subtract 2x and subtract 4 from both sides of the equation to get:

= 0

complete the squares to get:

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add 9 to both sides of the equation to get:

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take the square root of both sides of the equation to get:

= +/-

add 3 to both sides of the equation to get:

x = or x =

that makes x = 6 or x = 0

when x = 6, the original equation becomes which becomes which is true because 1 = 1.

when x = 0, the original equation becomes which becomes which is false because -1 does not equal 1.

your solution is therefore that x = 6.








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