Question

could anyone give an example of solving an equation with square root expressions on both sides of the equation

Answer 1

Something like this?

\[\Large \sqrt{2x+5} = \sqrt{3x-1}\]

Answer 2

I'll try that, would you know what a real world example would be?

Answer 3

here is a page that has some applications of radicals (ie square roots)

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATE10/radModelprac.htm