Solve for x square root of 5+4x+ square root of 2x+3=2

$\sqrt{5 + 4 x} + \sqrt{2 x + 3} = 2$

Step 1

Subtract $\sqrt{2 x + 3}$ from both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{5 + 4 x} = 2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3}$

Step 2

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

${\sqrt{5 + 4 x}}^{2} = {(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$

Step 3

Simplify each side of the equation.

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{5 + 4 x}$ as ${(5 + 4 x)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

${({(5 + 4 x)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = {(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${({(5 + 4 x)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Multiply the exponents in ${({(5 + 4 x)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

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

${(5 + 4 x)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(5 + 4 x)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(5 + 4 x)}^{1} = {(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$

Simplify.

$5 + 4 x = {(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify ${(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$ .

Rewrite ${(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2}$ as $(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3}) (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})$ .

$5 + 4 x = (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3}) (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Expand $(2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3}) (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$5 + 4 x = 2 (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3}) - \sqrt{2 x + 3} (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Apply the distributive property.

$5 + 4 x = 2 \cdot 2 + 2 (- \sqrt{2 x + 3}) - \sqrt{2 x + 3} (2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Apply the distributive property.

$5 + 4 x = 2 \cdot 2 + 2 (- \sqrt{2 x + 3}) - \sqrt{2 x + 3} \cdot 2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3} (- \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 + 2 (- \sqrt{2 x + 3}) - \sqrt{2 x + 3} \cdot 2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3} (- \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - \sqrt{2 x + 3} \cdot 2 - \sqrt{2 x + 3} (- \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - \sqrt{2 x + 3} (- \sqrt{2 x + 3})$

Multiply $- \sqrt{2 x + 3} (- \sqrt{2 x + 3})$ .

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 1 \sqrt{2 x + 3} \sqrt{2 x + 3}$

Multiply $\sqrt{2 x + 3}$ by $1$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + \sqrt{2 x + 3} \sqrt{2 x + 3}$

Raise $\sqrt{2 x + 3}$ to the power of $1$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{1} \sqrt{2 x + 3}$

Raise $\sqrt{2 x + 3}$ to the power of $1$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{1} {\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{1}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{1 + 1}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{2}$

Rewrite ${\sqrt{2 x + 3}}^{2}$ as $2 x + 3$ .

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

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {({(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$

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

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}$

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{2}{2}}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{2}{2}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + {(2 x + 3)}^{1}$

Simplify.

$5 + 4 x = 4 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 2 x + 3$

Add $4$ and $3$ .

$5 + 4 x = 7 - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} - 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 2 x$

Subtract $2 \sqrt{2 x + 3}$ from $- 2 \sqrt{2 x + 3}$ .

$5 + 4 x = 7 - 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 2 x$

Step 4

Solve for $- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3}$ .

Rewrite the equation as $7 - 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 2 x = 5 + 4 x$ .

$7 - 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 2 x = 5 + 4 x$

Move all terms not containing $- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3}$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $7$ from both sides of the equation.

$- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} + 2 x = 5 + 4 x - 7$

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

$- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} = 5 + 4 x - 7 - 2 x$

Subtract $7$ from $5$ .

$- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} = 4 x - 2 - 2 x$

Subtract $2 x$ from $4 x$ .

$- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3} = 2 x - 2$

Step 5

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

${(- 4 \sqrt{2 x + 3})}^{2} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Step 6

Simplify each side of the equation.

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

${(- 4 {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${(- 4 {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Apply the product rule to $- 4 {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

${(- 4)}^{2} {({(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Raise $- 4$ to the power of $2$ .

$16 {({(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

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

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

$16 {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$16 {(2 x + 3)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$16 {(2 x + 3)}^{1} = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Simplify.

$16 (2 x + 3) = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Apply the distributive property.

$16 (2 x) + 16 \cdot 3 = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Multiply.

Multiply $2$ by $16$ .

$32 x + 16 \cdot 3 = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Multiply $16$ by $3$ .

$32 x + 48 = {(2 x - 2)}^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

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

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

$32 x + 48 = (2 x - 2) (2 x - 2)$

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

Apply the distributive property.

$32 x + 48 = 2 x (2 x - 2) - 2 (2 x - 2)$

Apply the distributive property.

$32 x + 48 = 2 x (2 x) + 2 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (2 x - 2)$

Apply the distributive property.

$32 x + 48 = 2 x (2 x) + 2 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (2 x) - 2 \cdot - 2$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$32 x + 48 = 2 \cdot 2 x \cdot x + 2 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (2 x) - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$32 x + 48 = 2 \cdot 2 (x \cdot x) + 2 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (2 x) - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$32 x + 48 = 2 \cdot 2 x^{2} + 2 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (2 x) - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$32 x + 48 = 4 x^{2} + 2 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (2 x) - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $- 2$ by $2$ .

$32 x + 48 = 4 x^{2} - 4 x - 2 (2 x) - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $2$ by $- 2$ .

$32 x + 48 = 4 x^{2} - 4 x - 4 x - 2 \cdot - 2$

Multiply $- 2$ by $- 2$ .

$32 x + 48 = 4 x^{2} - 4 x - 4 x + 4$

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

$32 x + 48 = 4 x^{2} - 8 x + 4$

Step 7

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.

$4 x^{2} - 8 x + 4 = 32 x + 48$

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

Subtract $32 x$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 x^{2} - 8 x + 4 - 32 x = 48$

Subtract $32 x$ from $- 8 x$ .

$4 x^{2} - 40 x + 4 = 48$

Subtract $48$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 x^{2} - 40 x + 4 - 48 = 0$

Subtract $48$ from $4$ .

$4 x^{2} - 40 x - 44 = 0$

Factor the left side of the equation.

Factor $4$ out of $4 x^{2} - 40 x - 44$ .

Factor $4$ out of $4 x^{2}$ .

$4 (x^{2}) - 40 x - 44 = 0$

Factor $4$ out of $- 40 x$ .

$4 (x^{2}) + 4 (- 10 x) - 44 = 0$

Factor $4$ out of $- 44$ .

$4 x^{2} + 4 (- 10 x) + 4 \cdot - 11 = 0$

Factor $4$ out of $4 x^{2} + 4 (- 10 x)$ .

$4 (x^{2} - 10 x) + 4 \cdot - 11 = 0$

Factor $4$ out of $4 (x^{2} - 10 x) + 4 \cdot - 11$ .

$4 (x^{2} - 10 x - 11) = 0$

Factor.

Factor $x^{2} - 10 x - 11$ 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 $- 11$ and whose sum is $- 10$ .

$- 11, 1$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$4 ((x - 11) (x + 1)) = 0$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$4 (x - 11) (x + 1) = 0$

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

$x - 11 = 0$

$x + 1 = 0$

Set $x - 11$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 11$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 11 = 0$

Add $11$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 11$

Set $x + 1$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x + 1$ equal to $0$ .

$x + 1 = 0$

Subtract $1$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = - 1$

The final solution is all the values that make $4 (x - 11) (x + 1) = 0$ true.

$x = 11, - 1$

Step 8

Exclude the solutions that do not make $\sqrt{5 + 4 x} + \sqrt{2 x + 3} = 2$ true.

$x = - 1$

Solve for x square root of 5+4x+ square root of 2x+3=2

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