SOLUTION: Simplify by combining like terms: (sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3) The like terms would be the three's? From here I believe I could combine them by doing the math: (sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt

Question 65701: Simplify by combining like terms:
(sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3)
The like terms would be the three's?
From here I believe I could combine them by doing the math:
(sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3)=
(sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt0)=
(sqrt3 + 5)
From here where do I head, or am I already gone to far?
Thank you
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simplify by combining like terms:
(sqrt3 + 5)(sqrt3 - 3)
No, the 3's are not like terms:

Happy Calculating!!!
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