document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=795943>Question 795943</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me solve this step by step?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[sqrt(12)-sqrt(2)][sqrt(12)+sqrt(2)] </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = sqrt(12) and y = sqrt(2), then we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x -y) * (x +y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 -xy +xy -y^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy terms cancel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 -y^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 -2 = 10<BR>\n" );
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