document.write( "Question 384678: solve: square root of 4-5x, then add 1 = 2x. the answer is a fraction and I don't know why. Please help. \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"sqrt%284-5x%29%2B1=+2x\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%284-5x%29=+2x-1\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28sqrt%284-5x%29%29%5E2=+%282x-1%29%5E2\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "4-5x=4x^2-4x+1
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\n" ); document.write( "4x^2+5x-4x+1-4=0
\n" ); document.write( "4x^2+x-3=0
\n" ); document.write( "4x^2+4x-3x-3=0
\n" ); document.write( "4x(x+1)-3(x+1)=0
\n" ); document.write( "(4x-3)(x+1)=0
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28highlight%28x=3%2F4%29%29\"$ satisfies the equation
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