SOLUTION: Please tell me if I'm doing this right! The instructions are to simplify the radical expression. The problem is (sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3) Using the foil method I come up with: s

SOLUTION: Please tell me if I'm doing this right! The instructions are to simplify the radical expression. The problem is (sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3) Using the foil method I come up with: s

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Question 39954: Please tell me if I'm doing this right!
The instructions are to simplify the radical expression.
The problem is (sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3)
Using the foil method I come up with:
sqrt3 * sqrt3 -3sqrt3 + 5sqrt3 - 15
= 3 - 3sqrt3 + 5sqrt3 - 15
= -12 + 2sqrt3
Is this right and does it need (or can it be) simplified further?
Thanks
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is right as it is.
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