Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 9 - Roots and Radicals - Chapter 9 Review Problem Set - Page 430: 45

Answer

$4+5\sqrt{42}$

Work Step by Step

Using $(a+b)(c+d)=ac+ad+bc+bd$, or the Distributive Property, and the properties of radicals, the given expression, $ (\sqrt{6}+2\sqrt{7})(3\sqrt{6}-\sqrt{7}) ,$ simplifies to \begin{array}{l}\require{cancel} \sqrt{6}(3\sqrt{6})+\sqrt{6}(-\sqrt{7})+2\sqrt{7}(3\sqrt{6})+2\sqrt{7}(-\sqrt{7}) \\\\= 3(6)-\sqrt{42}+6\sqrt{42}-2(7) \\\\= 18-\sqrt{42}+6\sqrt{42}-14 \\\\= (18-14)+(-\sqrt{42}+6\sqrt{42}) \\\\= 4+5\sqrt{42} .\end{array}
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