1 + x = √(1 + 5x) square both sides
1 + 2x + x ^2 = 1 + 5x subtract 1 + 5x from both sides
-3x + x^2 = 0 rearrange
x^2 - 3x = 0 factor
x (x - 3) and setting each factor to 0, we get that x = 3 or x = 0
Make sure to check these answers....square root equations of this sort often give "extraneous" answers that will not work in the original problem......here, we're OK though !!!
