SOLUTION: <pre> _ __ 7<font face = "symbol">Ö</font>3 - 5<font face = "symbol">Ö</font>75</pre>

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Question 33399:
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7Ö3 - 5Ö75

Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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7Ö3 - 5Ö75

Break 75 into its prime factors: 
75 = 3·25 = 3·5·5 = 3·5²,
so replace 75 by 3·5²
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7V3 - 5Ö3·5²

Take individual square roots of 3 and of 5²:
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7Ö3 - 5Ö3·Ö5²

The square root of 5² is just 5
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7Ö3 - 5Ö3·(5)
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7Ö3 - 25Ö3
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Factor out Ö3
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Ö3(7 - 25)
  
Combine what's in the parentheses
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Ö3(-18)
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-18Ö3

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