ok so when have sqrt, try to square both sides \(\sqrt{2x-1}=2+ \sqrt{x-4}\) square both sides \(2x-1=4+4 \sqrt{x-4}+x-4\) \(2x-1=x+4 \sqrt{x-4}\) mnus x both sides \(x-1=4 \sqrt{x-4}\) square oth sides x^2-2x+1=16(x-4) x^2-2x+1=16x-64 minus (16x-4) from both sides x^2-18x+65=0 factor (x-5)(x-13)=0 set each to zero x-5=0 x=5