College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter P, Prerequisites - Chapter P Review - Exercises - Page 77: 86

Answer

$\displaystyle\frac{1}{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}}$

Work Step by Step

We multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate $\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}$ and use $(a-b)(a+b)=a^2-b^2$ to simplify: $\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{x+h}-\sqrt{x}}{h}=\frac{\sqrt{x+h}-\sqrt{x}}{h}*\frac{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}}=\frac{x+h-x}{h(\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x})}=\frac{h}{h(\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x})}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}}$
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