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by SlyShy 5908 days ago
Solve for x: sqrt(2x + 1) = sqrt(x) + 1

  2x + 1 = x + 2sqrt(x) + 1
  x = 2sqrt(x)
  x^2 = 4x
  x^2 - 4x = 0
  x(x - 4) = 0
  x = 0 or 4