Respuesta :

So we need to solve the following equation for x:

[tex]\sqrt[]{x-2}+8=x[/tex]

The first step would be substracting 8 from each side of the equation:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \sqrt[]{x-2}+8-8=x-8 \\ \sqrt[]{x-2}=x-8 \end{gathered}[/tex]

The next step is to square