Thread: Radical equation

Solve in R this equation :

Originally Posted by dhiab

Solve in R this equation :

Square both sides to get . Clearly, is a solution. With this, do some long division, and see if you can come up with additional solutions.

I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Chris L T521

Square both sides to get . Clearly, is a solution. With this, do some long division, and see if you can come up with additional solutions.

I hope this helps.

Hello:Clearly x=2 is solution with second equation and no the first. I'can divide by : (x-1)(x-2)

I know of a neat way for solving this type of equations.
You need to do some simplication usually before you get the equation for x and u after the subtraction.