SOLUTION: Hello! I need help with a few problems that I'm having difficulty with. 1) [(1+i)/i] - [(3)/(4-i)] For the common denominator, I got i(4-i)= 4i-1 Do you multiply this normally

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Question 133075: Hello!
I need help with a few problems that I'm having difficulty with.
1) [(1+i)/i] - [(3)/(4-i)]
For the common denominator, I got i(4-i)= 4i-1
Do you multiply this normally or do you need a conjugate?
2) (sqrt-15) * (sqrt-15)
I really do not understand this problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Found 2 solutions by solver91311, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


On the common denominator, you missed it by THAT much...

, so:



Now you need the conjugate of the denominator in order to rationalize the denominator:



For your other problem, I think you mean:

, which is

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I need help with a few problems that I'm having difficulty with.
1)
For the common denominator, I got =

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That's wrong.  =  = 
Replace  by 
 =  = 
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But you shouldn't have tried to multiply it out yet anyway.
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Do you multiply this normally or do you need a conjugate?

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Here's the whole thing, starting from scratch:



The LCD = i(4-i)

DO NOT MULTIPLY THAT OUT YET!  

The denominator of the first fraction needs the factor 
in order to become the LCD, so we multiply it by 
which is just 1, so it won't affect the value to multiply the first
fraction by that:



The denominator of the second fraction needs the factor 
in order to become the LCD, so we multiply it by 
which is just 1, so it won't affect the value to multiply the second
fraction by that:



Indicate the multiplication of the numerators and the denominators:



Now use FOIL on the left top:

 =  =  = 
Now replace  by 
 =  =  and replace the left top by that:


 
Distribute the left bottom

 =  = 
Replace  by 
 =  =  and
replace the left bottom by that:



The right bottom is the same as the left bottom:

 =  =  =
Replace  by 
 =  =  

So replace the right bottom by that:



Now combine the numerators over the common denominator:



Collect like terms on top:



Now we are ready to use the conjugate of the bottom.
We multiply by  which again just
equals to 1 so it will not affect the value:



Indicate the multiplication of the numerators and
denominators:



Distribute the top and use FOIL on the bottom:



Combine like terms:



Replace  by 





Combine like terms:



Make two fractions:



and write the answer in form 




2)
I really do not understand this problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Write  as 

 

Take individual square roots of factors under radicals



Replace  by 





Replace  by 15 and  by 





Edwin


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