SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: {{{ 0=(2-sqrt(x))/(5x+1) }}} I had multiplied by the denominator over one on both sides. I then distributed zero through it which cancelled eve

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Question 985562: Please help me solve this equation:
I had multiplied by the denominator over one on both sides. I then distributed zero through it which cancelled everything out. This had left me with and now I think I can subtract the two and that puts me to . So I can multiply by a negative one to get rid of the negatives, right? And then take the square root of both sides and it leaves me with ?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you get to the last step and you have , you want to SQUARE both sides then you get 4 = x
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