SOLUTION: simplify. leave in radical form 3 divided by the difference of 5 and sqrt of 2

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Question 13957: simplify. leave in radical form
3 divided by the difference of 5 and sqrt of 2

Answer by longjonsilver(2297)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we will muliply by 1, thus leaving it unchanged. However my "1" will be written strangly, as shown:




multiply out both numerator and denominator, to give, eventually

--> you should be able to go from the previous line to this one straight away, given enough practice.

We end up with:


jon.

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