Question 1206414
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Question: sqrt(x)-sqrt(3x-3)=1

My work: 
sqrt(x)-sqrt(3x-3)=1
(sqrt(x))^2=(1+sqrt(3x-3))^2
x=(1+sqrt(3x-3))(1+sqrt(3x-3))
x=1+sqrt(3x-3)+sqrt(3x-3)+(sqrt(3x-3))^2
x=3x-2+2(sqrt(3x-3))
(-2x+2)/2=2(sqrt(3x-3))/2
(-x)^2=(sqrt(3x-3))^2
x^2=3x-3
0=x^2+3x-3
After this step, I get lost. I know the answer is supposed to be 1 but I am not sure where I went wrong or where to go from the last step I took.
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sqrt(x)-sqrt(3x-3)=1

(sqrt(x))^2 = (1+sqrt(3x-3))^2

x = (1+sqrt(3x-3))(1+sqrt(3x-3))

x = 1+sqrt(3x-3)+sqrt(3x-3)+(sqrt(3x-3))^2

x = 3x-2+2(sqrt(3x-3))

(-2x+2) = 2(sqrt(3x-3))

(-2x+2)/2 = 2(sqrt(3x-3))/2     <<<---===  after this line, your writing was incorrect,
                                           so I REPLACED IT. Below is MY writing.

(-x+1)^2 = (sqrt(3x-3))^2

x^2 - 2x + 1 = 3x-3

x^2 - 5x + 4 = 0

(x-4)*(x-1) = 0


So, the two candidates are  x= 4  and  x= 1.
Substitute them into the original equation and make sure
that x= 4 does not work, while x= 1 works.


<U>ANSWER</U>.  The only solution to the original equation is x= 1.
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Solved, answered and explained.