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Equations involving a radical in practice

Equations involving a radical in practice

The following exercises are solved in this step.

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Exercise 1.

Solve the equation (3+sqrt{x-1}=x).

Exercise 2.

Solve the equation (2x+sqrt{2-x}=1).

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Precalculus: the Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations

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