SOLUTION: (sqrt of 12 - sqrt of 5)(sqrt of 5 + 2 times sqrt of 12) using the FOIL method..sorry I don't know how to do the sqrt sign with the keyboard.

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: (sqrt of 12 - sqrt of 5)(sqrt of 5 + 2 times sqrt of 12)
using the FOIL method..sorry I don't know how to do the sqrt sign with the keyboard.
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

FOIL

Combine like terms

:

Factor inside the radical to reveal the perfect square

extract the square root of 4

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