1. Square both sides to get 24 - 10x =24 - 10x = = 0 (8x + 5)*(2x - 3) = 0 The roots are x = and x = . With x = the expression (24-10x) under the square root is negative and therefore does not work. The only working solution is x = . See the plot below. Plot y1 = (red) and y2 = 3-4x (green)