Solve. $LaTeX: \displaystyle \sqrt{x + 30}=\sqrt{x + 2} + 4$

Squaring both sides gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle x + 30=x + 8 \sqrt{x + 2} + 18$ . Isolating the radical gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle \frac{3}{2}=\sqrt{x + 2}$ Squaring again gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle \frac{9}{4}=x + 2$ . Solving for $LaTeX: \displaystyle x$ gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle x=\frac{1}{4}$ . Checking the solution, $LaTeX: \displaystyle x = \frac{1}{4}$ , in the original equation gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle \frac{11}{2} = \frac{11}{2}$ which is true so the solution checks.