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Question 83381: Hello. Can someone tell me if I am correct? in words it is 2x minus the square root of seven divided by 2x plus the square root of seven. I got -------- -1 is this correct? 2x-sq7 divided by 2x +sq7 Thanks Answer by Edwin McCravy(20086) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hello. Can someone tell me if I am correct? in words it is 2x minus the square root of seven divided by 2x plus the square root of seven. I got -------- -1 is this correct? 2x-sq7 divided by 2x +sq7 Thanks
No it isn't.
You must multiply by .
It's legal to multiply by that because it just equals to 1.
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or:
Now FOIL out the numerator and denominator:
The two middle terms combine together in the
top as
The two middle terms CANCEL OUT in the bottom.
So we have as the final answer:
Notice that in the original expression there were radicals in BOTH
the top AND the bottom. In the final answer, the bottom contains NO
radicals. That's the idea -- to rewrite as an expression with NO
radicals in the bottom. The above method causes the radicals to
cancel out in the bottom.
Edwin