document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=389874>Question 389874</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please solve algebraically for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square root (3x+1)+1=x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "==> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283x%2B1%29+=+x+-+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283x%2B1%29+=+x+-+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2B1+=+x%5E2+-+2x+%2B+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2B1+=+x%5E2+-+2x+%2B+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,after squaring both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0+=+x%5E2+-+5x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0+=+x%5E2+-+5x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or x(x - 5) = 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> x = 0 or x = 5.  The 1st x-value will not satisfy the original equation, and the 2nd x-value does.  Therefore final answer is x = 5. </SPAN>\n" );
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