Solve by Factoring square root of 2x-4=x-2

$\sqrt{2 x - 4} = x - 2$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

Subtract $x$ from both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{2 x - 4} - x = - 2$

Add $2$ to both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{2 x - 4} - x + 2 = 0$

Step 2

Factor $2$ out of $2 x - 4$ .

Factor $2$ out of $2 x$ .

$\sqrt{2 (x) - 4} - x + 2 = 0$

Factor $2$ out of $- 4$ .

$\sqrt{2 x + 2 \cdot - 2} - x + 2 = 0$

Factor $2$ out of $2 x + 2 \cdot - 2$ .

$\sqrt{2 (x - 2)} - x + 2 = 0$

Step 3

Move all terms not containing $\sqrt{2 (x - 2)}$ to the right side of the equation.

Add $x$ to both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{2 (x - 2)} + 2 = x$

Subtract $2$ from both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{2 (x - 2)} = x - 2$

Step 4

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

${\sqrt{2 (x - 2)}}^{2} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Step 5

Simplify each side of the equation.

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

${({(2 (x - 2))}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

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

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

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

${(2 (x - 2))}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(2 (x - 2))}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(2 (x - 2))}^{1} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Apply the distributive property.

${(2 x + 2 \cdot - 2)}^{1} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Multiply.

Multiply $2$ by $- 2$ .

${(2 x - 4)}^{1} = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Simplify.

$2 x - 4 = {(x - 2)}^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify ${(x - 2)}^{2}$ .

Rewrite ${(x - 2)}^{2}$ as $(x - 2) (x - 2)$ .

$2 x - 4 = (x - 2) (x - 2)$

Expand $(x - 2) (x - 2)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x - 4 = x (x - 2) - 2 (x - 2)$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x - 4 = x \cdot x + x \cdot - 2 - 2 (x - 2)$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x - 4 = x \cdot x + x \cdot - 2 - 2 x - 2 \cdot - 2$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$2 x - 4 = x^{2} + x \cdot - 2 - 2 x - 2 \cdot - 2$

Move $- 2$ to the left of $x$ .

$2 x - 4 = x^{2} - 2 \cdot x - 2 x - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $- 2$ by $- 2$ .

$2 x - 4 = x^{2} - 2 x - 2 x + 4$

Subtract $2 x$ from $- 2 x$ .

$2 x - 4 = x^{2} - 4 x + 4$

Step 6

Solve for $x$ .

Since $x$ is on the right side of the equation, switch the sides so it is on the left side of the equation.

$x^{2} - 4 x + 4 = 2 x - 4$

Move all terms containing $x$ to the left side of the equation.

Subtract $2 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$x^{2} - 4 x + 4 - 2 x = - 4$

Subtract $2 x$ from $- 4 x$ .

$x^{2} - 6 x + 4 = - 4$

Add $4$ to both sides of the equation.

$x^{2} - 6 x + 4 + 4 = 0$

Add $4$ and $4$ .

$x^{2} - 6 x + 8 = 0$

Factor $x^{2} - 6 x + 8$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $8$ and whose sum is $- 6$ .

$- 4, - 2$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$(x - 4) (x - 2) = 0$

If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to $0$ , the entire expression will be equal to $0$ .

$x - 4 = 0$

$x - 2 = 0$

Set $x - 4$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 4$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 4 = 0$

Add $4$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 4$

Set $x - 2$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 2$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 2 = 0$

Add $2$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 2$

The final solution is all the values that make $(x - 4) (x - 2) = 0$ true.

$x = 4, 2$

Solve by Factoring square root of 2x-4=x-2

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