Solve for x square root of 8x-1+4=8

$\sqrt{8 x - 1} + 4 = 8$

Step 1

Move all terms not containing $\sqrt{8 x - 1}$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $4$ from both sides of the equation.

$\sqrt{8 x - 1} = 8 - 4$

Subtract $4$ from $8$ .

$\sqrt{8 x - 1} = 4$

Step 2

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

${\sqrt{8 x - 1}}^{2} = 4^{2}$

Step 3

Simplify each side of the equation.

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{8 x - 1}$ as ${(8 x - 1)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

${({(8 x - 1)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = 4^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${({(8 x - 1)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Multiply the exponents in ${({(8 x - 1)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

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

${(8 x - 1)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = 4^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(8 x - 1)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = 4^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(8 x - 1)}^{1} = 4^{2}$

Simplify.

$8 x - 1 = 4^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

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

$8 x - 1 = 16$

Step 4

Solve for $x$ .

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

Add $1$ to both sides of the equation.

$8 x = 16 + 1$

Add $16$ and $1$ .

$8 x = 17$

Divide each term in $8 x = 17$ by $8$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $8 x = 17$ by $8$ .

$\frac{8 x}{8} = \frac{17}{8}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $8$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{8 x}{8} = \frac{17}{8}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{17}{8}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = \frac{17}{8}$

Decimal Form:

$x = 2.125$

Mixed Number Form:

$x = 2 \frac{1}{8}$

Solve for x square root of 8x-1+4=8

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