College Algebra 7th Edition

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

Chapter P, Prerequisites - Section P.7 - Rational Expressions - P.7 Exercises - Page 52: 94

Answer

$\frac{-1}{\sqrt{x}\sqrt{x+h}(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h})}$

Work Step by Step

We simplify the fraction by multiplying through by $\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h}$ and using the fact that $(a-b)(a+b)=a^2-b^2$: $\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x+h}}{h\sqrt{x}\sqrt{x+h}}=\frac{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x+h}}{h\sqrt{x}\sqrt{x+h}}*\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h}}=\frac{x-(x+h)}{h\sqrt{x}\sqrt{x+h}(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h})} =\frac{-h}{h\sqrt{x}\sqrt{x+h}(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h})}=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{x}\sqrt{x+h}(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x+h})}$
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