SOLUTION: √(x+1)+5=(x+4)

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Question 633624: √(x+1)+5=(x+4)
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Add -5 to both sides, then square both sides. Solve the resulting quadratic. Check both roots in the original equation since one or both could be extraneous caused by the squaring operation.

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