Solve for x 1/((x-2)^(1/2))=1/2

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

Step 1

Multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction. Set this equal to the product of the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second fraction.

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

Step 2

Solve the equation for $x$ .

Rewrite the equation as ${(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot 1 = 1 \cdot 2$ .

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

Move the terms containing $x$ to the left side and simplify.

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

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

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

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

Raise each side of the equation to the power of $2$ to eliminate the fractional exponent on the left side.

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

Simplify the exponent.

Simplify the left side.

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

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

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Simplify.

$x - 2 = 2^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

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

$x - 2 = 4$

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

Add $2$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 4 + 2$

Add $4$ and $2$ .

$x = 6$

Solve for x 1/((x-2)^(1/2))=1/2

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