Simplify: ___ ___ ___ 6Ö7/5 - 2Ö5/7 - 3Ö140 We have to simplify each of the three radicals: First term has this radical _____ / 7 \ / --- \/ 5 We must rationalize the denominator by multiplying under the radical by this fraction which equals 1: 5 --- 5 ________ / 7 5 \ / ---×--- = \/ 5 5 _____ __ / 35 Ö35 __ \ / ---- = ------ = Ö35/5 \/ 5² 5 So now we have __ ___ ___ 6Ö35/5 - 2Ö5/7 - 3Ö140 The second term has this radical _____ / 5 \ / --- \/ 7 We must rationalize the denominator by multiplying under the radical by this fraction which equals 1: 7 --- 7 ________ / 5 7 \ / ---×--- = \/ 7 7 _____ __ / 35 Ö35 __ \ / ---- = ------ = Ö35/7 \/ 7² 7 So now we have __ __ ___ 6Ö35/5 - 2Ö35/7 - 3Ö140 ___ The third term contains Ö140, which we simplify by writing 140 as 4×35 ___ ____ _ __ __ __ Ö140 = Ö4×35 = Ö4×Ö35 = 2×Ö35 = 2Ö35 So now we have __ __ __ 6Ö35/5 - 2Ö35/7 - 3·2Ö35 or __ __ __ 6Ö35/5 - 2Ö35/7 - 6Ö35 __ Now we factor out the common factor of Ö35 __ Ö35(6/5 - 2/7 - 6) Then we get a common denominator, LCD = 35, inside the parentheses, and write 6/5 as 42/35 2/7 as 10/35 6 as 210/35 __ Ö35(42/35 - 10/35 - 210/35) = __ Ö35(-178/35) = __ -178Ö35/35 Edwin