Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - Multiplying with More Than One Term and Rationalizing Denominators - Exercise Set - Page 551: 112

Answer

$3\sqrt{7}-9\sqrt{2}$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \frac{5}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{7}}\color{red}{ \cdot\frac{ \sqrt{2}-\sqrt{7}}{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{7}} }=\frac{5(\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{7})}{(\sqrt{2})^{2}-(\sqrt{7})^{2}}=$ $=\displaystyle \frac{5(\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{7})}{2-7}==\frac{5(\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{7})}{-5}=-(\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{7})=-\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{7}$ $2\sqrt{32}=2\sqrt{16\cdot 2}=2\sqrt{16}\cdot\sqrt{2}=2\cdot 4\sqrt{2}=8\sqrt{2}$ $\sqrt{28}=\sqrt{4\cdot 7}=\sqrt{4}\cdot\sqrt{7}=2\sqrt{7}$ $problem=-\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{7}-8\sqrt{2}+2\sqrt{7}$ ... add like terms $=3\sqrt{7}-9\sqrt{2}$
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