Given the equation
$$\sqrt{x - 6} = x - 7$$
$$\sqrt{x - 6} = x - 7$$
We raise the equation sides to 2-th degree
$$x - 6 = \left(x - 7\right)^{2}$$
$$x - 6 = x^{2} - 14 x + 49$$
Transfer the right side of the equation left part with negative sign
$$- x^{2} + 15 x - 55 = 0$$
This equation is of the form
a*x^2 + b*x + c = 0
A quadratic equation can be solved
using the discriminant.
The roots of the quadratic equation:
$$x_{1} = \frac{\sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
$$x_{2} = \frac{- \sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
where D = b^2 - 4*a*c - it is the discriminant.
Because
$$a = -1$$
$$b = 15$$
$$c = -55$$
, then
D = b^2 - 4 * a * c =
(15)^2 - 4 * (-1) * (-55) = 5
Because D > 0, then the equation has two roots.
x1 = (-b + sqrt(D)) / (2*a)
x2 = (-b - sqrt(D)) / (2*a)
or
$$x_{1} = \frac{15}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2}$$
$$x_{2} = \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} + \frac{15}{2}$$
Because
$$\sqrt{x - 6} = x - 7$$
and
$$\sqrt{x - 6} \geq 0$$
then
$$x - 7 \geq 0$$
or
$$7 \leq x$$
$$x < \infty$$
The final answer:
$$x_{2} = \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} + \frac{15}{2}$$