SOLUTION: Please help me solve the following problem with working: {{{0 = x^2 - (sqrt(2) + sqrt(5))x + sqrt(10)}}} My answer is.. {{{x = ((sqrt(2) + sqrt(5))+ sqrt(7 - 2sqrt(10)))/2

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Question 714958: Please help me solve the following problem with working:

My answer is..

The answer is apparently and .
Cheers,
Dio

Found 3 solutions by jim_thompson5910, lynnlo, Alan3354:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's probably some trick to solving or simplifying nested radicals, but it's not coming to mind at the moment.

Anyways, there's a much simpler way to see why the answers are and

Rewrite the last term as





Now use the idea that if the roots of are and , then and

So if you replace p with and q with , you get

and


Hopefully that makes sense to you.

Answer by lynnlo(4176)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what are you asking your answer to your problem is correct
√2,√5

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please help me solve the following problem with working:


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It can be factored.




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