So guys, my girlfriend is taking a college algebra class this summer and I figured I would help her study for her upcoming final because I am an engineering major and this kind of math would be easy for me. As we were doing problems, we came about one that I have no idea how to solve. It seems to be a straight forward "here's an equation, solve for $x$." Just one problem, I ended up not being able to solve for $x$, making me feel embarrassed since I was trying to help her and I am supposed to be the one who is "good at math." Anyway, it would be a grreat help if anyone can help me out on this. The equation is....
$4\sqrt{x-3} - \sqrt{6x-17} = 3$
The answer comes out to be $x = 7$ because I did it on my calculator. I first tried to just square each side to get rid of the square roots. But once I "FOILed" the left side, there were still square roots and things didn't look good for me. By the way, I am sorry I don't know how to format this equation correctly.