This the Pre-Calculus Problem:
x−7=√x−5
So far I did it like this and I'm not understanding If I did it wrong.
(x−7)2=√x−52 - The Square root would cancel, leaving:
(x−7)2=x−5 Then I F.O.I.L'ed the problem.
(x−7)(x−7)=x−5
x2−7x−7x+14=x−5
x2−14x+14=x−5
x2−14x−x+14=x−x−5
x2−15x+14=−5
x2−15x+14+5=−5+5
x2−15x+19=0
(x−1)(x−19)=0
Now this is where I'm stuck because when I tried to see if I got the right numbers in the parentheses I got this....
x2−19x−1x+19=0
x2−20x+19=0
As you may see I'm doing something bad because I don't get x2−15x+19
Could anyone please help me and tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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