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How do you solve $sqrt(2x-1)=sqrt(x+4)$ ?

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Jul 29, 2016

$x=5$

Explanation:

$sqrt(2x-1)=sqrt(x+4)$
Squaring both sides
$2x-1=x+4$
or
$2x-x=4+1$
or
$x=5$

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