Which statement about square root of x minus square root of x minus 5 end root is equal to 1 is true?

For x = 9, the expression is √9 − √(9 − 5) = 3 − 2 = 1, so 9 is a true solution. In contrast, x = 4 makes √(x − 5) undefined over the real numbers.

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