SOLUTION: I really need help solving the following problem. Any assistance you can provide me with will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! (square root of 3 + square root of 2)^2

Question 169974: I really need help solving the following problem. Any assistance you can provide me with will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
(square root of 3 + square root of 2)^2
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression.

Expand. Remember something like .

Now let's FOIL the expression.

Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:

Multiply the First terms:.

Multiply the Outer terms:.

Multiply the Inner terms:.

Multiply the Last terms:.

---------------------------------------------------

Now collect every term to make a single expression.

Now combine like terms.

So FOILs to .

In other words, .

RELATED QUESTIONS
I really need someone's help solving the following problem. Any assistance you can... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

I really need help solving the following problem. Any assistance you can provide me in... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

I really need help solving the following problem. Any assistance you can provide me with... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

I need help solving the following question: For the polynomial f(x)=4-2x^2+3x^4 Classify (answered by Mathtut)

Can you please assist me with the following equation: y=2x+6 (answered by ewatrrr)

Please help me with the following word problem: An old man goes to the bank with a... (answered by scott8148)

Hi Everyone :) I am taking a math class and our first thing we are doing is geometry,... (answered by kingme18,bucky,richard1234)

I am needing some assistance with this problem: Find each of the following products; a (a (answered by Earlsdon)

I really need help with the following problem. The function f is defined as follows f(x)= (answered by Edwin McCravy)