Solve by Factoring square root of 2x+3=5

$\sqrt{2 x + 3} = 5$

Step 1

Subtract $5$ from both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{2 x + 3} - 5 = 0$

Step 2

Add $5$ to both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{2 x + 3} = 5$

Step 3

To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, square both sides of the equation.

${\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{2} = 5^{2}$

Step 4

Simplify each side of the equation.

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{2 x + 3}$ as ${(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

${({(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = 5^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${({(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Multiply the exponents in ${({(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

${(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = 5^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = 5^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(2 x + 3)}^{1} = 5^{2}$

Simplify.

$2 x + 3 = 5^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Raise $5$ to the power of $2$ .

$2 x + 3 = 25$

Step 5

Solve for $x$ .

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $3$ from both sides of the equation.

$2 x = 25 - 3$

Subtract $3$ from $25$ .

$2 x = 22$

Divide each term in $2 x = 22$ by $2$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $2 x = 22$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 x}{2} = \frac{22}{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 x}{2} = \frac{22}{2}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{22}{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $22$ by $2$ .

$x = 11$

Solve by Factoring square root of 2x+3=5

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