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

Squaring both sides gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle x + 30=x + 4 \sqrt{x + 2} + 6$ . Isolating the radical gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle 6=\sqrt{x + 2}$ Squaring again gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle 36=x + 2$ . Solving for $LaTeX: \displaystyle x$ gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle x=34$ . Checking the solution, $LaTeX: \displaystyle x = 34$ , in the original equation gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle 8 = 8$ which is true so the solution checks.