document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176292>Question 176292</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073533490/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Equations Involving Radicals, I cannot solve the following sqrt a-1 -5 = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it sqrt(a-1)?  Use some parentheses, they're free.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(a-1) -5 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(a-1) = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square things<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a-1 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 37<BR>\n" );
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