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Standard Procedure for Radical Equation Solving
A quality control analyst is documenting the mathematical procedure for solving the equation $3\sqrt{3x - 5} - 8 = 4x$, and state the final numerical value of the solution.
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Standard Procedure for Radical Equation Solving
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