Intermediate Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321785045
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-504-6

Chapter 7 - Test - Page 470: 12

Answer

$\dfrac{8-6\sqrt[]{x}+x}{8-2x}$

Work Step by Step

Multiplying by the conjugate of the denominator, the rationalized-denominator form of the given expression, $ \dfrac{4-\sqrt[]{x}}{4+2\sqrt[]{x}} ,$ is \begin{array}{l}\require{cancel} \dfrac{4-\sqrt[]{x}}{4+2\sqrt[]{x}}\cdot\dfrac{4-2\sqrt[]{x}}{4-2\sqrt[]{x}} \\\\= \dfrac{4(4)+4(-2\sqrt[]{x})-\sqrt[]{x}(4)-\sqrt{x}(-2\sqrt[]{x})}{(4)^2-(2\sqrt[]{x})^2} \\\\= \dfrac{16-8\sqrt[]{x}-4\sqrt[]{x}+2\sqrt{x(x)}}{16-4x} \\\\= \dfrac{16+(-8\sqrt[]{x}-4\sqrt[]{x})+2\sqrt{(x)^2}}{16-4x} \\\\= \dfrac{16-12\sqrt[]{x}+2x}{16-4x} \\\\= \dfrac{\cancel{2}(8-6\sqrt[]{x}+x)}{\cancel{2}(8-2x)} \\\\= \dfrac{8-6\sqrt[]{x}+x}{8-2x} .\end{array} Note that all variables are assumed to have positive real numbers.
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